Man on the Train
2002 · Movie · 1h 30m
CrimeDrama
"A poet. A thief. Two strangers with nothing in common are about to trade their lives for a chance to cheat their destinies."
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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes
92%
Metacritic
75/100
Key crew
- Claude KlotzWriter
- Patrice LeconteDirector
- Pascal EstèveOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jean RochefortMonsieur Manesquier
- Johnny HallydayMilan
- Jean-François StéveninLuigi
- Pascal ParmentierSadko
- Charlie NelsonMax
- Isabelle Petit-JacquesViviane, Manesquier's mistress
- Édith ScobManesquier's Sister
- Maurice ChevitHairdresser
- Riton LiebmanBurly Guy
- Olivier FauronSchoolboy
- Véronique KapoyanBaker
- Armand ChagotGardener of Manesquier
Stills
Movies like Man on the Train
Themes
gangsterpoet