The film version of Pascal Mercier's Night Train to Lisbon, directed by Bille August and starring Jeremy Irons and Lena Olin -- see also the official site --, has now opened in the US.
Reviews suggest it's not really gripping -- review-headlines include: The Unfashionable Night Train to Lisbon Isn't Afraid of Being Dull (The Village Voice) and Night Train to Nowhere: Bille August's Latest Is a Snoozer (The New York Observer) -- with Stephen Holden concluding his review in The New York Times: "After barely stirring to life, Night Train to Lisbon mercifully expires."
You can see how this intellectual thriller (emphasis way more on the intellectual ...) probably works better on the page than on the screen -- and it is a good novel, so don't let the film scare you off it.
Reviews suggest it's not really gripping -- review-headlines include: The Unfashionable Night Train to Lisbon Isn't Afraid of Being Dull (The Village Voice) and Night Train to Nowhere: Bille August's Latest Is a Snoozer (The New York Observer) -- with Stephen Holden concluding his review in The New York Times: "After barely stirring to life, Night Train to Lisbon mercifully expires."
You can see how this intellectual thriller (emphasis way more on the intellectual ...) probably works better on the page than on the screen -- and it is a good novel, so don't let the film scare you off it.