The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Action · Crime
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Film / 2002
Man on the Train
Directed by
Patrice Leconte
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.
The story
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.
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
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