Maine-Ocean Express

Maine-Ocean Express is a French comedy centered on a chance encounter aboard a train traveling from Paris to Saint-Nazaire. The plot begins when a Brazilian woman named Dejanira has a conflict with two ticket inspectors. A fellow passenger and lawyer named Mimi intervenes to help her. These four individuals eventually reunite and experience a series of unusual adventures alongside a sailor who possesses a strange way of speaking and is a client of Mimi.

The film was directed by Jacques Rozier and follows his earlier works, Adieu Philippine from 1962 and Nono Nénesse from 1976. It was produced by Paulo Branco and features a cast including Rosa-Maria Gomes, Lydia Feld, Luis Rego, Bernard Ménez, and Yves Afonso.

Released in 1986, the movie has a runtime of 136 minutes. Audience reception is mixed across different platforms. On IMDb, the film holds a rating of 6.8/10 based on 417 votes, while it has a lower score of 5.8/10 on TMDB from 124 votes.