Man on the Train
- IMDb link: 0301414
- IMDb rating: 7.1 (7,846 votes)
- Genres: Thriller, Crime, Drama
- Director: Jean-Francois Stevenin, Patrice Leconte
- Cast: Jean Rochefort, Johnny Hallyday, Charlie Nelson and others
- Release date: 2 Oct 2002
- Release year: 2002
- Runtime: 90 minutes
- Country: France, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan
- Keywords: gender in title, france, village, town, man, reference to honore de balzac, reference to wyatt earp, heist gone wrong, reference to the battle of austerlitz, death of title character
Plot:
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.