

Man on the Train
DirectorPatrice Leconte
“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.
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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
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