Those Who Love Me Can Take The Train

This French soap opera on wheels, an intoxicating brew of art, sex and wit, lands squarely in the realm of overwrought melodrama... and that's a compliment. The enigmatic title refers to Paris-based artist Jean-Baptiste's (Jean-Louis Trintignant) decree that he be buried in Limoges, where he grew up and where his twin brother still lives. The spirit of tyrannical, omni-sexual Jean-Baptiste looms over his extended family of lovers, former students and assorted hangers-on as they gather at a Parisian train station for the trip to his funeral. The story focuses on two couples: Claire and Jean-Marie (Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Charles Berling) are breaking up, while Franc...