Man on the Train
Original title: L'Homme du train
“A poet. A thief. Two strangers with nothing in common are about to trade their lives for a chance to cheat their destinies.”
- 2002
- 1h 30m
- AL
★ 6.7 TMDB Rating · 120 votes
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.
- Director
- Patrice Leconte
- Release date
- Oct 2, 2002
- Original language
- French
- Origin
- France, United Kingdom
Cast of Man on the Train
Jean Rochefort
Monsieur Manesquier
Johnny Hallyday
Milan
Jean-François Stévenin
Luigi
Pascal Parmentier
Sadko
Charlie Nelson
Max
Isabelle Petit-Jacques
Viviane, Manesquier's mistress
Édith Scob
Manesquier's Sister
Maurice Chevit
Hairdresser
Riton Liebman
Burly Guy
Olivier Fauron
Schoolboy
Véronique Kapoyan
Baker
Armand Chagot
Gardener of Manesquier
Where to Stream Man on the Train by Country
- United States
- Streaming on YouTube Free, HooplaRent or buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies
- United Kingdom
- Rent or buy on Amazon Video
- India
- No streaming offers listed right now
- Canada
- No streaming offers listed right now
- Australia
- Rent or buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
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Man on the Train release dates by country
Man on the Train was released in cinemas on Mar 21, 2003 (United Kingdom).
World premiere: Sep 3, 2002 (Venice Film Festival)
| Country | In cinemas | Digital | Age rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | Mar 21, 2003 | — | — |
| United States | May 9, 2003 (limited) | — | — |
| Australia | Aug 28, 2003 | — | — |
| Belgium | Oct 2, 2002 | — | AL |
| France | Oct 2, 2002 | — | — |
| Italy | Nov 22, 2002 | — | — |
| Russia | Jan 16, 2003 | — | — |
| Ireland | Mar 21, 2003 | — | — |
| Spain | Mar 28, 2003 | — | — |
| Israel | May 8, 2003 | — | — |
| Netherlands | Jul 10, 2003 | — | — |
| Greece | Jul 11, 2003 | — | — |
| Denmark | Jul 25, 2003 | — | — |
| Norway | Sep 5, 2003 | — | — |
| Sweden | Nov 7, 2003 | — | — |
| Japan | Apr 10, 2004 (limited) | — | — |
| Argentina | — | Apr 28, 2004 | — |
| New Zealand | May 13, 2004 | — | — |
| Mexico | Jun 1, 2005 (limited) | — | — |
| Singapore | Nov 15, 2005 | — | — |
| Germany | Nov 24, 2005 | — | — |
| Austria | Mar 31, 2006 | — | — |
| Hungary | TV: May 13, 2007 | — | — |
| Finland | TV: Feb 10, 2008 | — | — |
Digital = first release online to rent, buy or stream. Dates as reported to TMDB.
Man on the Train Trailer
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