Overview
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.
DirectorAbbas Kiarostami
ProducersRebecca O'Brien, Carlo Cresto-Dina, Babak Karimi, Domenico Procacci
ScreenplayPaul Laverty, Abbas Kiarostami, Ermanno Olmi
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LanguageAlbanian, English, German, Italian, Persian
Production companiesFandango, Medusa Film, Sixteen Films, UK Film Council, Invicta Capital, Sky