Granier-Deferre, who adapted Simenon to the film and television screen more often than any other director, observed, “What interests me in Simenon is the ambiguity and ordinary madness of his characters, which manifests itself at the least disturbance.” Set almost entirely on a train en route out of France just ahead of the German invasion, Le train stars Jean-Louis Trintignant, subject of a recent tribute at PFA, as a married man, and Romy Schneider as a Jewish refugee; the two meet and fall in love when the man is separated from his family.
