Man on the Train

(2002)

★ 6.7 IMDb · 120 votes

Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Year: 2002

Runtime: 90 мин

Country: France, Germany

Director: Patrice Leconte

Cast: Жан Рошфор, Джонни Холлидей, Жан-Франсуа Стевенен, Pascal Parmentier, Charlie Nelson, Isabelle Petit-Jacques, Эдит Скоб, Maurice Chevit, Ритон Либман, Olivier Fauron

Plot

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.

Carrying a duffel bag, Milan, a mysterious, stone-faced stranger, gets off a train and sets foot on a small village in the French province. As the man enters a pharmacy, he has a chance encounter with the grizzled retired professor of French literature, Manesquier, and as one thing leads to another, they strike up an unexpected friendship. And, despite their differences, Manesquier, and his polar opposite, Milan, realise how much they want to be in each other's shoes. One wants to be an adventurer, while the other dreams of settling down. In the following three short days, they will both have to make up their minds.