Compartiment Tueurs
Date & Time: Saturday Sept 3rd / 1.30pm
Location & Tickets: The Gate Cinema
Details: Costa-Gavras/ France / 1965 / 105 mins
Starring: Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Michel Piccoli, Jean-Louis Trintignant
Synopsis: Six people travel by train overnight from Marseilles to Paris. When the train arrives at its destination, one of the passengers, a girl, is found dead in a sleeping berth. The police led by Inspector Grazzi investigate the other five passengers, suspecting that one of them was responsible. However, as the investigation is stepped up, the other passengers start turning up dead. It is then up to the last remaining two to solve the case, before they become the next victims.
“A powerful, emotionally compelling film, Playground captures with enormous force the very velocity with which children lose empathy when thrown into the jungle of the playground.” – The Financial Times.
“A remarkable achievement” – The Observer.
