

Man on the Train
Visit website6.7/10 • 102
2002-10-02 • 1h 30m
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.
- Directors
- Patrice Leconte
- Writters
- Claude Klotz
- Editors
- Joëlle Hache

Man on the Train
Visit website2002-10-02 • 1h 30m
6.7/10 • 102
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.
- Directors
- Patrice Leconte
- Writters
- Claude Klotz
- Editors
- Joëlle Hache
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsJean 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
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- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- French
- Budget
- --
- Revenue
- $7,727,906.00
- Keywords
- gangsterpoet