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Man on the Train

Man on the Train
★ 6.7/10•2002•1h 30m•AL•Crime•Drama•Thriller

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.

Claude Klotz · Writer

Patrice Leconte · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 30m
LanguageFR
Release DateOct 2, 2002
Revenue$7,727,906

Actors

Jean Rochefort

Jean Rochefort

Monsieur Manesquier

Johnny Hallyday

Johnny Hallyday

Milan

Jean-François Stévenin

Jean-François Stévenin

Luigi

Pascal Parmentier

Pascal Parmentier

Sadko

Charlie Nelson

Charlie Nelson

Max

Isabelle Petit-Jacques

Isabelle Petit-Jacques

Viviane, Manesquier's mistress

Édith Scob

Édith Scob

Manesquier's Sister

Maurice Chevit

Maurice Chevit

Hairdresser

Riton Liebman

Riton Liebman

Burly Guy

Olivier Fauron

Schoolboy

Véronique Kapoyan

Véronique Kapoyan

Baker

Armand Chagot

Gardener of Manesquier

Michel Laforest

Pharmacist

Alain Guellaff

Surgeon

Hélène Chambon

Radiologist Nurse

Sophie Durand

Operating Room Nurse

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