You may have got your French kiss, but what about experiencing a real French suspense thriller which is totally based on realism cinema?Crossed Tracks by Academy Award winner director Claude Lelouch, and an all French cast, is a witty thriller in which every characters reveal nothing as to who they really are.
This romantic suspense drama involves best-selling crime novelist Judith Ralitzer (Fanny Ardant) who has all her books written by a ghostwriter, Louis (Dominique Pinon). And Huguette (Audrey Dana) who is abandoned by her fiancee at a petrol station.
A petrol station — That’s where the characters and the story crossed their tracks. Huguette meets Louis in the midst of a frequent FM radio news updates about an errant schoolteacher who left his wife and a pedophile serial killer who has escaped from prison.
As the tale zigzags between these three characters, the narrative doubles back and forth to reveal their identities. The real problem starts when ghostwriter Louis decided to come out of Judith’s shadow by trying to put his name in the novel he currently writes for her.
The film plays out like a poker game. You’ll never be quite sure what is what and who is who, until the very last cut — the hallmark of a successful thriller. However, Crossed Tracks needs your full concentration and of course sharp eyes to read the English subtitles, if French is Greek to you.
Other than that, this film gives you the drama you wish to follow, the melodrama you can appreciate, a brilliant comedy to make you grin earnestly, but most of all it is the presentation skills that keep this film way ahead of others in its genre.
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French (with English subtitles)
Cast: Dominique Pinon, Fanny Ardant, Autrey Dana, Zinedine Soualem, Michele Bernier
Director: Claude Lelouch
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