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
120 votes
2002
1h 30m
Crime
Drama
Thriller
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.
Directed by Patrice Leconte
Top 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 GuyO
Olivier Fauron
Schoolboy
Véronique Kapoyan
BakerA
Armand Chagot
Gardener of ManesquierM
Michel Laforest
PharmacistA
Alain Guellaff
SurgeonH
Hélène Chambon
Radiologist NurseS
Sophie Durand
Operating Room Nurse
Sébastien Bonnet
Burly Guy's FriendDetails
Status
Released
Release date
October 2, 2002
Budget
—
Revenue
$7.7M
Language
French
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