Man on the Train
2002 · ★ 6.6 · Dir. Patrice Leconte
A poet. A thief. Two strangers with nothing in common are about to trade their lives for a chance to cheat their destinies.
A man, Milan steps off a train, into a small French village. As he waits for the day when he will rob the town bank, he runs into an old retired poetry teacher named M. Manesquier. The two men strike up a strange friendship and explore the road not taken, each wanting to live the other's life.
- Released
- 2002-10-02
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Language
- FR
- Box office
- $7.7M
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Jean Rochefort
Monsieur Manesquier
Johnny Hallyday
Milan
Pascal Parmentier
Sadko
Edith Scob
Manesquier's Sister
Isabelle Petit-Jacques
Viviane, Manesquier's mistress
Maurice Chevit
Hairdresser
Jean-François Stévenin
Luigi
Charlie Nelson
Max
Riton Liebman
Burly Guy
Olivier Fauron
Schoolboy
Véronique Kapoyan
Baker
Armand Chagot
Gardener of Manesquier
