- HD 1080
- Runtime: 90m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: fr
- Country: France, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom
- Director: Patrice Leconte
- Stars: Jean Rochefort, Johnny Hallyday, Jean-François Stévenin, Pascal Parmentier, Charlie Nelson
- keywords: gangster, poet
- Production_studio: Zoulou Films, Tubedale Films, FCC, Ciné B, Pandora Filmproduktion, Cinéma Parisien, Media Suits, Film Council, Canal+, Eurimages, Sofica Sofinergie 5, Natexis Banques Populaires Images 2, CNC, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma
- Slogan: A poet. A thief. Two strangers with nothing in common are about to trade their lives for a chance to cheat their destinies.
- The Man on the Train is featured in the top rankings of 2002
- #28 in Top Crime Movies of 2002
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.