A Luxembourg man's obsession with an Algerian woman leads to tragedy in this film with underlying themes of Westerners' misconceptions of the Arab world. When handsome young train conductor Georges (Jules Werner) first meets Yamina (Sabrina Ouazani) en route from Luxembourg City to Bettembourg, she's just a passenger whose ticket he needs to inspect. But the next day, she's aboard the train again, on the run from mysterious assailants. Yamina refuses to go to the police, so kindly Georges offers her a hiding place in his holiday cabin. As she shares her story, his compassion grows into fascination, friendship and maybe even love. (Note courtesy Karlovy Vary Film Festival)

DIR/SCR Paul Kieffer; SCR Philippe Blasband; PROD Claude Waringo. Luxembourg/Belgium/Austria, 2007, color, 110 min. In French, Luxembourgish and Arabic with English subtitles. NOT RATED

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