Man on the Train (L'Homme du Train)

Man on the Train (L'Homme du Train)
by Patrice Leconte

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Actor: Charlie Nelson, Jean Rochefort, Jean-Fran?ois St?venin, Johnny Hallyday, Pascal Parmentier
Director: Patrice Leconte
Cinematographer: Jean-Marie Dreujou
Editor: Jo?lle Hache
Producer: Carl Clifton
Producer: Christophe Audeguis
Producer: Philippe Carcassonne
Producer: Stuart Hatwell
Writer: Claude Klotz
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-11-25
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Paramount

Movie Reviews of Man on the Train (L'Homme du Train)

Movie Review: A poetic of the solitude!
Summary: 5 Stars

Two men meet themselves accidentally in a little town. One of them keeps a secret, while the other is extremely friendly.

A weird friendship will arouse among them - with Schubert's First Impromptu OP. 142 as musical curtain - in which both will be aware about their unfinished projects of life from two well different perspectives. One is a thief who plans to steal a bank, while the other is a retired poetry professor.

An emblematic resemblance of two well opposite sides of he coin united by the unhappiness and existential solitude.

A film that literally captivated and engaged the members of the Jury in Venice 2002 as Bes Film and Best Actor.

The performance given by Jean Rochefort is simply out of this world.

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Patrice Leconte's (Girl on the Bridge) MAN ON THE TRAIN tells the touching story of two men from different walks of life as they develop an unexpected friendship and change each other's view of life at the last possible moment. Milan (Hallyday), a thief, steps off the train in a small town in the French Alps where he plans to rob a local bank. By chance, after he is unable to find a room for the night, he encounters Manesquier (Rochefort), a retired poetry teacher whose sedentary lifestyle bores even himself. Sharing nothing in common except important plans for the weekend - one is to rob a bank and the other is to go in for open-heart surgery - the two men begin talking and soon develop a respect for one another, as well as a secret longing to live the type of lifestyle the other lives. And, as the friendship grows even stronger, each man defies his personality to explore his yearning for the life of the other.

You wouldn't think a movie that's mostly two old guys talking could be a thriller, but that's exactly what Man on the Train is. French singer Johnny Hallyday plays a professional criminal who comes to a small town to take part in a robbery. By chance, he meets talkative Jean Rochefort (The Hairdresser's Husband), who invites the laconic Hallyday to stay at his house because the hotel is closed. The two form an unlikely friendship, each curious about (and envious of) the other's life. But all the while plans for the robbery continue, while Rochefort is preparing for a dangerous event of his own. The pitch-perfect performances make Man on the Train completely involving. Rochefort and Hallyday play off of each other beautifully; it's impossible to put your finger on what makes these subtle, supple scenes so magnetic. Directed with spare authority by Patrice Leconte (Ridicule). --Bret Fetzer

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