Directed by:
Alain Robbe-GrilletScreenplay:
Alain Robbe-GrilletCinematography:
Willy KurantComposer:
Michel FanoCast:
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Marie-France Pisier, Daniel Emilfork, Henri Lambert, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Charles Millot, Christian Barbier, Raoul Guylad (more)Plots(1)
A "parody of the old New Wave crime eroticism movies" (The New York Times), Trans-Europ-Express is a self-referential, neo-noir thriller, with heavy doses of sado-masochism, from the mind of Alain Robbe-Grillet (Last Year At Marienbad). On the train from Paris to Antwerp, a director (Robbe-Grillet) and his production team hash out the plot of a crime movie. Their story is enacted by Jean Louis-Trintignant (Amour), who plays Elias, a cocaine smuggler seduced by Eva (Maria France Pisier, Celine and Julie Go Boating), who may be working for a rival gang. But as the director keeps changing the story, Elias becomes lost in a labyrinth of false leads and shifting allegiances. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Jean-Louis Trintignant
France
Best movies:
Three Colours: Red (1994)
A Man and a Woman (1966)
The Easy Life (1962)
Marie-France Pisier
Vietnam
Best movies:
Der Zauberberg (1982)
Stolen Kisses (1968)
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
Daniel Emilfork
Chile
Best movies:
Inspector Maigret (1958)
The Spies (1957)
Trans-Europ-Express (1967)
Henri Lambert
France
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
Rookies Run Amok (1971)
Circus Angel (1965)
Alain Robbe-Grillet
France
Best movies:
Trans-Europ-Express (1967)
Time Regained (1999)
Je t'aime, je t'aime (1968)
Charles Millot
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Waterloo (1970)
To Die of Love (1971)
The Train (1964)
Christian Barbier
France
Best movies:
The Violent People (1970)
Army of Shadows (1969)
Mother (1991)
Raoul Guylad
Best movies:
The Man from Acapulco (1973)
The Last Adventure (1967)
Agent 38-24-36 (1964)
Catherine Robbe-Grillet
France
Best movies:
L'Immortelle (1963)
Trans-Europ-Express (1967)
N. Took the Dice (1971)
Ivo Pauwels
Belgium
Best movies:
The Exchange Student (1967)
Trans-Europ-Express (1967)
Prima Symphony
Best movies:
Trans-Europ-Express (1967)