Train de Vie (Train of Life)

Train de Vie (Train of Life) (1998)

  • 62% of critics liked it
    (21 reviews)

  • 93% of users liked it
    (3,324 ratings)

Radu Mihaileanu directed this French-Belgian-Romanian-Dutch comedy-drama, set in Central Europe during the summer of 1941. Yiddish-speaking Jews purchase a train, forge identity papers, and leave town. Posing as both prisoners and Nazis, they hope to reach Palestine via the Soviet Union, but… More

R, 1 hr. 42 min.
Directed By
Radu Mihaileanu
Written By
Radu Mihaileanu
Genres
Drama, Art House & International, Comedy
In Theaters
Nov 5, 1999 Wide
On DVD
May 23, 2000
Paramount Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com

    Deep and poignant.

  • Andrew Howe, eFilmCritic.com

    The marketers would have you believe that Train of Life is a touching, thought-provoking masterpiece. For sixty seconds it's exactly that.

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