Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Labyrinthine
- Violence
- Graphic
- darkly comic
- surreal
- provocative
- late night cinephile viewing
- dark comedy marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the film as a daring, surprising, and unusually audacious Spanish debut that embraces its own insanity while risking offense through provocative material.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Ángel's patient case file becomes Helga's gateway into further stories whose credibility and authorship remain unstable.
The film treats mental illness, degradation, psychiatry, and exploitation with deliberately provocative humor.
Helga investigates medical records and competing accounts while the film repeatedly questions the reality behind them.
The chapters move through disturbing mental states, humiliating domestic behavior, war trauma, and unsettling recorded imagery.
Films like Advantages of Travelling by Train, and why
The Double
Shared black humor, unreliable storytelling, psychological instability, and formally playful narration.
The Lobster
Shared surreal dark comedy, grotesque character psychology, and escalating uncertainty about reality.
Wild Tales
Shared fragmented narratives, paranoia, violent absurdity, and morally disorienting thriller tension.
Enemy
Shared literary surrealism, unstable identities, and labyrinthine storytelling rooted in psychological disturbance.
Movie Details
- Director
- Aritz Moreno
- Release Date
- 2019-11-08
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 (181)
Cast
- Luis Tosar
- Pilar Castro
- Ernesto Alterio
- Quim Gutiérrez
- Belén Cuesta
- Macarena García
- Javier Godino
- Stéphanie Magnin
- Gilbert Melki
- Javier Botet
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Advantages of Travelling by Train about?
- A book editor’s encounter with a psychiatrist’s abandoned case file opens a darkly comic labyrinth of trauma, deception, and unstable reality.
- What is Advantages of Travelling by Train like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Advantages of Travelling by Train as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as labyrinthine.
- Is Advantages of Travelling by Train violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Advantages of Travelling by Train as graphic.
- What did critics think of Advantages of Travelling by Train?
- Critics broadly praised the film as a daring, surprising, and unusually audacious Spanish debut that embraces its own insanity while risking offense through provocative material.
- Which films are like Advantages of Travelling by Train?
- Films with a similar feel include The Double, The Lobster, Wild Tales, and Enemy.
- How long is Advantages of Travelling by Train?
- Advantages of Travelling by Train runs 104 minutes.
- Where can I watch Advantages of Travelling by Train?
- In United States, Advantages of Travelling by Train is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube.
