Man on the Train ( L'homme du train )

Man on the Train (DVD) (*)

$23.99

Original Title: L'homme du train
Screened, competed or awarded at:
David Donatello Awards
European Film Awards
Venice Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
86 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2002 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Switzerland ( Germany, Central Europe )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Patrice Leconte

Written By:
Claude Klotz

Actors:
Jean Rochefort ..... Monsieur Manesquier
Johnny Hallyday ..... Milan
Jean-François Stévenin ..... Luigi
Charlie Nelson ..... Max
Pascal Parmentier ..... Sadko
Isabelle Petit-Jacques ..... Viviane
Edith Scob ..... Manesquier's Sister
Maurice Chevit ..... Hairdresser
Riton Liebman ..... Burly Guy
Olivier Fauron ..... Schoolboy
Véronique Kapoyan ..... Baker
Elsa Duclot ..... Waitress
Armand Chagot ..... Gardener
Michel Laforest ..... Pharmacist
Alain Guellaff ..... Surgeon

Synopsis:

A mysterious stranger, Milan (Johnny Hallyday), steps off a train in a place he has never been to before. Looking for a pharmacy to buy some aspirin for a raging headache, he comes across a retired school teacher, Manesquier (Jean Rochefort). The two men are complete opposites. Or at least they seem to be. But each man realises that what he really always wanted is the life of the other man. L'Homme du Train is a comedy-drama of wit and humanity which focuses on the funny and unsentimental realisation of failure, with two commanding central performances.

Two men meet on a street and strike up a friendship for one simple reason: each wanted to have the other's life. The teacher dreamed of being an adventurer; the adventurer thought of himself as a stay-at-home. Three days from now, the adventurer is to hold up the local bank. Three days from now, the teacher is to have a triple heart bypass.

A teacher and a gangster meet by chance in a small town pharmacy. As a friendship of sorts develops between these opposite personalities, each starts to envy the other and by the week's end, everything will change for both of them.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 01 April, 2010.