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.
Genres
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Studio
Zoulou Films
Language
fr
Status
Released
How Man on the Train performed
Budget
N/A
Worldwide Gross
$7.7M
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
N/A
Opening Wknd (est.)
$1M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Crime) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Monsieur Manesquier
Jean Rochefort
Monsieur Manesquier
Milan
Johnny Hallyday
Milan
Luigi
Jean-François Stévenin
Luigi
Sadko
Pascal Parmentier
Sadko
Max
Charlie Nelson
Max
Viviane, Manesquier's mistress
Isabelle Petit-Jacques
Viviane, Manesquier's mistress
Manesquier's Sister
Édith Scob
Manesquier's Sister
Hairdresser
Maurice Chevit
Hairdresser
Burly Guy
Riton Liebman
Burly Guy
Schoolboy
Olivier Fauron
Schoolboy
Baker
Véronique Kapoyan
Baker
Gardener of Manesquier
Armand Chagot
Gardener of Manesquier
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