Film

Man on the Train

2002 · 1h 30m · Crime · Drama

A poet. A thief. Two strangers with nothing in common are about to trade their lives for a chance to cheat their destinies.

IMDb

7.1

Rotten Tomatoes

92%

Metacritic

75

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.

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

Michel Laforest

Pharmacist

Alain Guellaff

Surgeon

Hélène Chambon

Radiologist Nurse

Sophie Durand

Operating Room Nurse

• Patrice LeconteDirector
• Claude KlotzWriter
• Philippe CarcassonneProducer
• Jean-Marie DreujouDirector of Photography
• Pascal EstèveOriginal Music Composer
• Joëlle HacheEditor

The Man on the Train - Trailer

Release date

October 2, 2002

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

AL

Revenue

$7,727,906

Genres

Crime, Drama

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