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ROMAN DE GARE

Country:	France
Language:	French
Duration:	103 minutes
Distributor:	Arkles Entertainment
Director:	Claude Lelouch
Starring:	Dominique Pinon / Fanny Ardant / Audrey Dana / Michèle Bernier
Genre:	Drama
Classification:	M

From one of France’s best-known directors comes this captivating detective story underpinned by reflections about identity.

Popular novelist Judith Ralitzer (Fanny Ardant) is interrogated by police about her possible connection to a serial killer known as The Magician, a man who may also turn out to be her ghost writer.

Meanwhile, Pierre Laclos (Dominique Pinon) finds himself at a motorway rest stop attempting to console Huguette (Audrey Dana), a stranger whose fiancé dumped her there and left with the car. While Pierre gives her a lift to her parents’ house, Huguette asks him to pretend to be the fiancé to appease her overly critical family.

Are the two stories connected? Who is Pierre really? And in this world of the imagination, what is real and what is fiction?

Lelouch’s intriguing movie zigzags back and forth in time, playfully toying with our notions of reality and relationships.

What the Critics say!

“…ingenious, deceptive and slippery” – Roger Ebert

“…ace performance … from Pinon, whose unconventional leading-man looks and sly mixture of malevolence and heroic charisma are perfectly in keeping with Lelouch’s conviction that nothing is quite as it appears to be” Scott Foundas – Variety

“Coup de théâtre, enchanting actors … virtuoso camerawork; the Lelouch mayonnaise has taken!” Isabelle Giordano – Femme Actuelle

NOMINATED: Most Promising Actress (Audrey Dana) – César Awards