Train of Life
September 16, 19981h 43mTMDB ★ 7.3
MoviesRankd
6.26/10
Solid
Letterboxd
3.80/5
4299 reviews
IMDb
7.6/10
9,903 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
64%
Metacritic
M62/100
In 1941, the inhabitants of a small Jewish village in Central Europe organize a fake deportation train so that they can escape the Nazis and flee to Palestine.
Genres
Drama, Comedy, War
Studio
Canal+
Language
fr
Status
Released
Box Office
How Train of Life performed
Budget
$154,790
Worldwide Gross
$3.3M
Gross Profit
$3.2M
Return
21.4× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$477K
Domestic (est.)
International (est.)
$2M$2M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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