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A train travels across Italy toward Rome. On board 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 traveling 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 rudeness, and opportunities for kindness.
Release Date
March 25, 2005Runtime
109 minDirected by
Abbas Kiarostami, Ermanno Olmi, Ken Loach, Gaia Gorrini, Babak Karimi, Duccio Fabbri, Giuseppe Ferlito, Filippo Metz, Fiorella Lugli, Giorgia OnofriScreenplay by
Paul Laverty, Ermanno Olmi, Abbas KiarostamiLanguage
ItalianBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
ReleasedCast
Carlo Delle Piane
ProfessorValeria Bruni Tedeschi
PR LadySilvana De Santis
Italian LadyMartin Compston
JamesyGary Maitland
SpacemanWilliam Ruane
FrankDanilo Nigrelli
Man with MobileCarolina Benvenga
GirlRoberto Nobile
Ticket CollectorMauro Pirovano
Ticket CollectorEugenia Costantini
Italian Travelling GirlChiara Gensini
Italian Travelling GirlViviana Strambelli
Italian Travelling GirlAlberto Azarya
Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)Maurizio Tabani
(uncredited)