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2005 · 109 min · ★ 6.5 · Comedy, Drama

A train travels across Italy toward Rome. Onboard 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 travelling 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 decorum, and opportunities for kindness.

Directed by Abbas Kiarostami · Written by Paul Laverty

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Carlo Delle Piane Professor
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi PR Lady
Silvana De Santis Italian Lady
Filippo Trojano Filippo
Martin Compston Jamesy
Gary Maitland Spaceman
William Ruane Frank
Blerta Cahani Albanian Family Girl
Klajdi Qorraj Albanian Family Boy
Aishe Gjuriqi Albanian Family Mother
Sanije Dedja Albanian Family Grandmother
Kledi Salaj Albanian Family Baby

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