Man on the Train

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

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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.

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Creators

Patrice Leconte

director

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Claude Klotz

writer

Cast

Jean Rochefort actor Johnny Hallyday actor Jean-François Stévenin actor

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Pascal Parmentier actor

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Charlie Nelson actor

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Isabelle Petit-Jacques actor Édith Scob actor Maurice Chevit actor

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Riton Liebman actor

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Olivier Fauron actor

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Véronique Kapoyan actor

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Armand Chagot actor

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Michel Laforest actor

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Alain Guellaff actor

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Hélène Chambon actor

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Sophie Durand actor

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Sébastien Bonnet actor