Man on the Train

L'Homme du train

2002·90'

Patrice Leconte

DramaCrimeThriller

FR - French

Letterboxd TMDB #22016

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 Guy

Olivier Fauron Schoolboy Véronique Kapoyan Baker

Armand Chagot Gardener of Manesquier