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IT/GB (c) 2005 Fandango and two other companies. D: Ermanno Olmi, Abbas Kiarostami, Ken Loach. DP: Fabio Olmi, Mahmoud Kalari, Chris Menges. Starring Carlo Delle Piane (Professor), Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (PR Woman), Filippo Trojano (Filippo). 115 min. In Italian. Attractive photochemical look. Released thru The Works with German subtitles. In the presence of Ermanno Olmi, Abbas Kiarostami, Ken Loach, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, and Filippo Trojano. Viewed at Berlinale-Palast, Berlin Film Festival (main series, out of competition), 14 Feb 2005. The train goes from Central Europe to Rome. The three directors tell three small stories: about an old professor dreaming about love, a young guy tending to a general's widow, and three Scotsmen who meet an Albanian refugee family on their way to a football match in Rome. ***