Film · 2002
Man on the Train
A poet. A thief. Two strangers with nothing in common are about to trade their lives for a chance to cheat their destinies.
Directed by Patrice LeconteJean RochefortJohnny HallydayJean-François Stévenin
21 Mar 2003UK release
1h 30mRunning time
6.7TMDB score of 10
CrimeGenre
The story
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.
Cast
Jean Rochefort
Monsieur Manesquier
Johnny Hallyday
Milan
Jean-François Stévenin
Luigi
Pascal Parmentier
Sadko
Charlie Nelson
Max
Isabelle Petit-Jacques
Viviane, Manesquier's mistress
Édith Scob
Manesquier's Sister
Maurice Chevit
Hairdresser
Riton Liebman
Burly GuyOlivier Fauron
Schoolboy
Véronique Kapoyan
BakerArmand Chagot
Gardener of Manesquier
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