Why it may be worth watching
- Man on the Train combines Crime and Drama elements in one feature.
- The principal cast includes Jean Rochefort, Johnny Hallyday, Jean-François Stévenin.
- Viewers currently rate it 6.7/10 from 123 votes.
Movie
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.
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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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
Michel LaforestPharmacist
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Who may enjoy it
Best suited to viewers looking for Crime, Drama, Thriller. Its shorter runtime also makes it easier to fit into one sitting.
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Themes and topics
gangsterpoet
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