Man on the Train

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.

Cast

Jean Rochefort

as Monsieur Manesquier

Johnny Hallyday

as Milan

Jean-François Stévenin

as Luigi

Pascal Parmentier

as Sadko

Charlie Nelson

as Max

Isabelle Petit-Jacques

as Viviane, Manesquier's mistress

Édith Scob

as Manesquier's Sister

Maurice Chevit

as Hairdresser

Riton Liebman

as Burly Guy

Olivier Fauron

as Schoolboy

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