Man on the Train

Oct 2, 2002

1h 30m

★ 6.7

A poet. A thief. Two strangers with nothing in common are about to trade their lives for a chance to cheat their destinies.

Overview

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.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Zoulou Films

Tubedale Films

FCC

Ciné B

Pandora Filmproduktion

Cinéma Parisien

Media Suits

Canal+

Eurimages

Sofica Sofinergie 5

Natexis Banques Populaires Images 2

CNC

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma

Man on the Train Trailers

Cast

Monsieur Manesquier

Jean Rochefort

Milan

Johnny Hallyday

Luigi

Jean-François Stévenin

Sadko

Pascal Parmentier

Max

Charlie Nelson

Viviane, Manesquier's mistress

Isabelle Petit-Jacques

Manesquier's Sister

Édith Scob

Hairdresser

Maurice Chevit

Burly Guy

Riton Liebman

Schoolboy

Olivier Fauron

Baker

Véronique Kapoyan

Gardener of Manesquier

Armand Chagot

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