Movie Review: "Roman de Gare"

The movie starts and ends with Judith Ralitzer, successful French novelist, being interrogated by police regarding the disappearance of her ghost-writer. Multiple vaguely connected sub-plots- including the prison escape of a pedophile, a jilted hairdresser and a missing school teacher- revolve around the relationship of an unattractive middle aged man and a young French country girl. This films plot contains nested stories within stories. The surprise ending ultimately unifies and clarifies the role of each story and true identity of it’s characters.