The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
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
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes92%
Metacritic75/100
120 audience votes
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
Themes
gangsterpoet