Crossed Tracks

Crossed Tracks

Some meetings are more fatal than others.

Directed by Claude Lelouch

Produced by Les Films 13

2007103 min6.7 / 10

A darkly ambiguous thriller that weaves together multiple narrative threads—a novelist under suspicion, an escaped killer, and a woman deceived by a mysterious stranger—to explore the blurred line between reality and fiction.

The successful novelist Judith Ralitzer is interrogated in the police station about the disappearance of her ghost-writer. A serial-killer escapes from a prison in Paris. A missing school teacher leaves his wife and children. In the road, the annoying and stressed hairdresser Hughette is left in a gas station by her fiancé Paul while driving to the poor farm of her family in the country. A mysterious man offers a ride to her and she invites him to assume the identity of Paul during 24 hours to not disappoint her mother. Who might be the unknown man and what is real and what is fiction?

Questions people ask

  • Is Crossed Tracks scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.

  • Does Crossed Tracks end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 80% of films.

  • Is Crossed Tracks sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

  • Is Crossed Tracks easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Is Crossed Tracks violent? Somewhat. More violent than 59% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

55/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity33

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise85

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love55

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Crossed Tracks

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Crossed Tracks

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Crossed Tracks, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Crossed Tracks, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Crossed Tracks, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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