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2005 · 109 min

A gentle, humanistic train journey where small encounters reveal kindness, class friction, and quiet longing.

Directed by: Abbas Kiarostami, Ermanno Olmi
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Carlo Delle Piane, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Silvana De Santis

Overview: A train travels across Italy toward Rome. Onboard is a professor who daydreams a conversation with a love that never was; a family of Albanian refugees who switch trains and steal a ticket; three brash Scottish soccer fans en route to a match; and a complaining widow travelling to a memorial service for her late husband who's accompanied by a community-service volunteer who's assisting her. Interactions among these Europeans turn on class and nationalism, courtesy and decorum, and opportunities for kindness.

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Directed by: Abbas Kiarostami, Ermanno Olmi
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Carlo Delle Piane, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Silvana De Santis

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
identity
isolation
family
immigration
Places: road trip
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: anthology
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	5
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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