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.
6.7(115) 2002-10-02 90 minCrimeDramaThriller
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.
DirectorPatrice Leconte
WriterClaude Klotz
ProducerPhilippe Carcassonne
Original Music ComposerPascal Estève
Cast & characters
Jean Rochefort
as Monsieur Manesquier
Johnny Hallyday
as Milan
Jean-François Stévenin
as Luigi
Pascal Parmentier
as Sadko
Charlie Nelson
as Max
Isabelle Petit-Jacques
as Viviane, Manesquier's mistress
Édith Scob
as Manesquier's Sister
Maurice Chevit
as Hairdresser
Riton Liebman
as Burly Guy
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Olivier Fauron
as Schoolboy
Véronique Kapoyan
as Baker
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Armand Chagot
as Gardener of Manesquier
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Michel Laforest
as Pharmacist
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Alain Guellaff
as Surgeon
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Hélène Chambon
as Radiologist Nurse
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Sophie Durand
as Operating Room Nurse
Sébastien Bonnet
as Burly Guy's Friend
