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Life Is a Miracle (2004)
, 2h32Directed by Emir Kusturica
Origin Serbie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Political films
Actors Slavko Stimac, Mirjana Karanović, Vuk Kostić, Aleksandar Berček, Nikola Kojo, Vanessa Glodjo
The film opens just as construction has been completed on a railway connecting a mountainous regions of eastern Bosnia and western Serbia in 1992. Luka, a Serbian engineer, has moved to Bosnia from Belgrade with his mentally unstable wife, Jadranka, and his football-playing son, Miloš, to run a railway station and act as caretaker. Luka is at work preparing the opening of the railway while Miloš attempts to become a professional footballer with the Partizan team. Utterly engrossed in his work and blinded by natural optimism, Luka remains deaf to the increasingly persistent rumblings of war, which has broken out in Croatia and threatens to spread.
Hugo (2011)
, 2h7Directed by Martin Scorsese
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Adventure
Themes Films about films, Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Transport films, Rail transport films, Steampunk films, Children's films, Robot films
Actors Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Ray Winstone, Emily Mortimer
In 1931, 12-year-old Hugo Cabret lives in Paris with his father, a widowed, but kind and devoted master clockmaker. Hugo's father takes him to see films and loves those of Georges Méliès best of all.
Cairo Station (1958)
, 1h30Directed by Youssef Chahine
Origin Egypte
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Youssef Chahine, Farid Shawki, Hind Rostom
A newsstand owner takes pity on Qinawi, a lame young man, and gives him a job selling newspapers in the Cairo train station. The women there all shun him because of his mild handicap, though he has little trouble walking.
The Palm Beach Story (1942)
, 1h28Directed by Hal Walker, Preston Sturges
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Films about marriage
Actors Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor, Rudy Vallée, William Demarest, Sig Arno
Tom and Gerry Jeffers (Joel McCrea and Claudette Colbert) are a married couple in New York City who are down on their luck financially, which is pushing the marriage to an end. But there is another, deeper problem with their relationship, one that is hinted at in the prologue of the movie as the opening credits roll and then explained near the movie's end.
La Bête Humaine (1938)
, 1h40Directed by Jean Renoir
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Rail transport films, Film se déroulant dans un train
Actors Jean Gabin, Simone Simon, Fernand Ledoux, Jean Renoir, Blanchette Brunoy, Julien Carette
The story centers on a train engineer Jacques Lantier (Jean Gabin) who lusts after Séverine Roubaud (Simone Simon), the wife of his co-worker Roubaud (Fernand Ledoux).
The Impossible Voyage (1904)
, 24minutesDirected by Georges Méliès
Origin France
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Films based on plays
Actors Georges Méliès, Fernande Albany, Jehanne d'Alcy
Since the film is silent and has no intertitles, the proper names and quotations below are taken from the English-language description of the film published by Méliès in the catalog of the Star Film Company's New York Branch.
La Roue (1923)
, 4h33Directed by Abel Gance
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Pierre Magnier, Séverin-Mars, Ivy Close, Max Maxudian, Gabriel de Gravone, Abel Gance
Railroad engineer Sisif (Severin-Mars) rescues a small orphan, whose name he learns is Norma (Ivy Close), following a disastrous crash. He raises the little girl as his own, along with his son Elie (Gabriel de Gravone), whose mother died during his birth.
Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
, 1h8Directed by William A. Wellman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Frankie Darro, Rochelle Hudson, Dorothy Wellman, Sterling Holloway, Arthur Hohl, Ann Hovey
Tommy Gordon (Edwin Phillips) tells his friend Eddie Smith (Frankie Darro) that he is going to drop out of high school to look for work to help support his struggling family. Eddie offers to speak to his father (Grant Mitchell) about getting him a job, only discover that his father has himself just lost his own. Eddie sells his beloved car and gives the money to his father, but when his father remains unemployed, the bills keep piling up, and the family is threatened with eviction. Eddie and Tommy decide to leave home to ease the burden on their families.
Beggars of Life (1928)
, 1h40Directed by William A. Wellman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Transport films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Rail transport films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Wallace Beery, Louise Brooks, Richard Arlen, Roscoe Karns, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Frank Brownlee
Jim, un clochard, pénètre dans une maison à la recherche de nourriture. Il découvre un homme mort, tué par Nancy, une jeune orpheline lasse de subir les avances de son tuteur. Ensemble, ils prennent la fuite ...
Happy-Go-Lucky (1972)
, 1h36Directed by Vasily Shukshin
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Film se déroulant dans un train
Actors Georgi Burkov, Vasily Shukshin, Vsevolod Sanaïev, Zinovi Gerdt, Stanislav Lyubshin, Lyubov Sokolova
D'un kolkhoze reculé de l'Altaï, Ivan Rastorgouïev et sa femme Nina partent pour une station thermale sur la mer Noire. Ils laissent derrière eux la vie villageoise, les champs à perte de vue, leurs amis, des tablées chantant les chansons populaires. Leur voyage dans le train est ponctué de situations tragicomiques provoquées par le décalage entre la mentalité de paysan et citadin. Ils y rencontrent un charmant voleur qui se fait passer auprès d'eux pour un ingénieur ferroviaire, leur fait boire du Cognac trouvé dans une valise dérobée dont il inspecte le contenu sur le champ, et s'enfuit à l'arrivée de la milice lancée à ses trousses. S'apercevant de leur erreur, les Rastorgouïev deviennent extrêmement méfiants et voient les criminels partout. Ainsi, ils mettent du temps à faire confiance au professeur linguiste qui se joint à eux dans le compartiment. Mais le brave homme finit par briser la glace et les invite à passer quelques jours chez lui à Moscou. Les Rastorgouïev y découvrent le quotidien d'une famille d'intellectuels et une multitude d'objets dont ils ne soupçonnaient pas l’existence. Ivan se trouve même invité à une conférence linguistique où il raconte devant un parterre médusé une anecdote de sa jeunesse. Puis, le couple poursuit son chemin vers la mer.
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
, 1h58Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Transport films, Time travel films, Films about automobiles, Rail transport films, Comedy science fiction films, Alternate history films
Actors Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen, Thomas F. Wilson, Lea Thompson, Elisabeth Shue
On November 12, 1955, Marty McFly discovers that his friend, Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown, had become trapped in 1885. Marty, with the 1955 Doc, uses the information in Doc's 1885 letter to locate and repair the DeLorean. He spots a tombstone with Doc's name, dated six days after the letter. Learning that Doc was killed by Biff Tannen's great-grandfather, Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen, Marty travels back to 1885 to save Doc.
Witness (1985)
, 1h52Directed by Peter Weir
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Lukas Haas, Danny Glover, Jan Rubes, Alexandre Godounov
Rachel Lapp (McGillis), a young Amish widow, and her 8-year-old son Samuel (Haas) are traveling by train to visit Rachel's sister. Samuel is amazed by the sights in the big city, but at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, he witnesses two men attack and murder a third. Detective John Book (Ford) is assigned to the case and he and his partner, Sergeant Elton Carter (Jennings), question Samuel. Samuel is unable to identify the perpetrator from mug shots or a police lineup, but notices a newspaper clipping with a picture of narcotics officer James McFee (Glover) and recognizes him as one of the killers. John remembers that McFee was previously responsible for a drug raid on expensive chemicals used to make amphetamines, but the evidence had mysteriously disappeared.
Six Shooter (2004)
, 27minutesDirected by Martin McDonagh
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Brendan Gleeson, Rúaidhrí Conroy, Domhnall Gleeson, David Murray
As the movie opens, we see a doctor informing Donnelly (Gleeson) that his wife passed away at 3 o'clock in the morning. He brings the man to his wife's bedside to say his last goodbye, excusing himself presently by saying he's unusually busy: there'd been 2 cot deaths, and a woman shot so brutally by her son "she had no head left on her".
I Wish (2011)
, 2h8Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families, Seafaring films, Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Nene Ōtsuka, Joe Odagiri, Kanna Hashimoto, Yui Natsukawa, Hiroshi Abe, Masami Nagasawa
Koichi vit avec sa mère à Kagoshima, séparé de son frère Ryûnosuke à la suite du divorce de leurs parents. Ryûnosuke vit avec son père dans une ville éloignée mais les deux frères gardent contact et complicité. Ils ont la nostalgie de leur vie d'avant et souhaiteraient être à nouveau une famille unie de quatre personnes. L'inauguration prochaine du Shinkansen dans l'île de Kyushu les amène à croire que leur vœu se réalisera s'il est exprimé au moment et à l'endroit où les deux premiers trains à grande vitesse se croiseront sur ce trajet. C'est le cadre d'un voyage initiatique des deux frères et de leurs amis.
Festival Express (2003)
, 1h30Origin United-kingdom
Genres Musical theatre, Documentary, Historical, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Rail transport films, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about technology, Musical films
Actors Levon Helm, Robbie Robertson, Bonnie Bramlett
Cinq jours durant l'été 1970, des artistes américains aussi légendaires que Janis Joplin, The Band ou encore The Grateful Dead voyagèrent à travers le Canada, se livrant à de superbes prestations scéniques à Toronto, Winnipeg et Calgary.