Tickets on DVD (2005)

Top Foreign Film With Added Loach

DH from Dumfries, Scotland , 26/10/2006

Fans of foreign film won't be disappointed - three wonderfully put together vignettes based on train journeys in modern mainland Europe. The stories are thought-provoking and deal with many fundamental issues - loneliness, attraction, trust, pride in a quiet, careful way. The fact that the third segment is a Ken Loach piece is only icing and cherry combined, on a delicious cake. The indignant working class Scots nature juxtaposed against the backdrop of affluent central Europe and pitted against the grim, desperate poverty of the East is a perfect combination.

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onlyone thing worse than travelling on a train...

A customer from kent, england , 30/08/2007

I rented this movie because these are three of my favourite film directors. For me, it didn't work. it was a well made piece, but never grabbed me from the start. Train journeys are only fun because I can read a book, look out the window, eat an apple while i'm going somewhere - I didn't feel this movie ever did that.

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A touching drama

PHILIP from Northumberland,England , 02/08/2006

Three excellent short stories which leave you wanting more.Excellent acting and assured directing make this a must see film.Warning, subtitles needed as 2 of 3 stories are in Italian language.

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Have a pleasant journey.

granita from Farnham [Highly rated reviewer] , 25/03/2008

I've seen this movie before, and ordered it by mistake. However, it was interesting watching it for a second time. I disagree with some of the other reviewers in that I thought the first of these three cameos ( or vignettes, if you prefer), directed by Ermano Olmi, is the least interesting and the least well acted. It would be a shame if anyone found it so boring that they switched off without seeing the other two, by Kiarostani and our own Ken Loach respectively.

These are 2 outstandingly good pieces. In the Kiarostani film, an actress by the name of Sylvana De Santis is completely mesmerising in her portrayal of an intractable and thoroughly unpleasant woman of a certain age, travelling in the company of a beautiful young man. The reason for both their journey and their relationship is explained, but remains fascinatingly open to question throughout.

The Loach film, with its controversial characters and strong moral message, is probably the most clever of the three films. Iif you think subtitles are difficult to follow, try combining these with an argument between three hot-headed Glaswegian football supporters and a family of foreign refugees. Loach, director of such films as Cathy come Home, Up the Junction, and Kes, is a master of the genre.

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Top Foreign Film With Added Loach

DH from Dumfries, Scotland , 26/10/2006

Fans of foreign film won't be disappointed - three wonderfully put together vignettes based on train journeys in modern mainland Europe. The stories are thought-provoking and deal with many fundamental issues - loneliness, attraction, trust, pride in a quiet, careful way. The fact that the third segment is a Ken Loach piece is only icing and cherry combined, on a delicious cake. The indignant working class Scots nature juxtaposed against the backdrop of affluent central Europe and pitted against the grim, desperate poverty of the East is a perfect combination.

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onlyone thing worse than travelling on a train...

A customer from kent, england , 30/08/2007

I rented this movie because these are three of my favourite film directors. For me, it didn't work. it was a well made piece, but never grabbed me from the start. Train journeys are only fun because I can read a book, look out the window, eat an apple while i'm going somewhere - I didn't feel this movie ever did that.

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