This Train I Ride

"Life is uncomfortable; If you can accept that, you'not going to be happy. It's almost like you don'accept...reality. It's like you don't accept life."

A beautiful and wonderful movie

The film follows the life-journeys of two women living on the fringe in a rapidly changing country. A quest for identity, freedom and finding one's place Travelling the great American outdoors on huge freight trains is an adventure that has been practiced for ages by some people, and has even spawned a culture dedicated to it: hobo culture. Arno Bitschy takes us on the trail of Ivy, Karen and Christina, who have chosen this way of life, some in search of meaning, others out of eternal rebellion or a compelling need for freedom. Interested in marginal characters, the director has often filmed on this side of the Atlantic, always to tell human stories. Crossing the country with these endearing women and incredible landscapes, we return here to one of the United States' flagship ideas: freedom. Not libertarian freedom, the law of the strongest. The freedom to travel, to be alone, to trust each other, to make your own choices, without men, against society, to be free!