ROMAN DE GARE Official Los Angeles Premiere Drama/Romance/Film Noir France, 2007 In French with English subtitles 35mm/1.85/Color/Dolby SRD/103 min Official Selection: Cannes Film Festival, Out of Competition (2007), Moscow International Film Festival (2007), Palm Springs International Film Festival (2008), Santa Barbara International Film Festival (2008), Rendez-vous with French Cinema Today (2008) Written & directed by: Claude Lelouch Cinematography: Gérard de Battista Editors: Jean Gargonne, Stéphane Mazalaigue Music: Alex Jaffray, Gilbert Bécaud Produced by: Claude Lelouch Production Company: Les Films 13 With: Fanny Ardant (Judith Ralitzer), Dominique Pinon (Pierre Laclos/Louis), Audrey Dana (Huguette), Zinedine Zoualem, Myriam Boyer (Patricia), Michèle Bernier (Florence) www.lesfilms13.com/romandegare Coming out in May 2008 US Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Films 9570 West Pico Blvd., Suite 400 Los Angeles, CA 90035 www.samuelgoldwynfilms.com Appropriately filmed under a nom de plume and revealed as a Claude Lelouch film at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, Roman de Gare is a maze where illusions and magic tricks abound. While novelist Judith Ralitzer (Fanny Ardant, The Woman Next Door, 8 Women, Paris, je t’aime (COLCOA 2007)) maintains a relationship with her ghostwriter Pierre Laclos (Dominique Pinon, Delicatessen, Amélie, Alien: Resurrection), hair-stylist Huguette (Audrey Dana) meets an enigmatic stranger in a gas station, who looks like Laclos but could be a serial killer on the run called “The Magician”. CLAUDE LELOUCH After a few years spent filming amateur documentaries while traveling with his father, writer/director Claude Lelouch created his own production company Les Films 13 in 1960, and has been producing his films ever since. He became an overnight sensation in 1966 with A Man and a Woman, winning the Palme d’Or in Cannes and two Oscars for Best Foreign Language film and Best Original Screenplay. He has since been a prolific filmmaker, acclaimed for his epic sagas (Bolero, And Now My Love, Les Misérables) and is known for filming romance with a signature elegance and spontaneity. PRESS “Pic gets an undeniable boost from the ace performance of the short, beady-eyed Pinon, whose unconventional leading-man looks and sly mixture of malevolence and heroic charisma are perfectly in keeping with Lelouch's conviction that nothing is quite as it appears to be. Ardant projects suitable glamour as the enigmatic, globetrotting authoress.” (Variety) “Gorgeous mountain scenery, sinister high jinks aboard a fancy yacht and the chansons of Gilbert Bécaud make “Roman de Gare” a sensuous Gallic romp with a 1960s feel.” (New York Times) “To watch "Roman," with its cascading false leads, feels almost dangerous, like skiing blindfolded down a black diamond trail.” (indieWIRE) Followed by a Q&A with writer/director/producer Claude Lelouch