Man on the Train

2002 · 90 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 7,674 VOTES · DIR. Patrice Leconte

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Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 922 lines

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00:01:01 MAN ON THE TRAIN
00:07:47 I owe this young lady
00:11:40 There, the tour is over.
00:15:50 Pick up your exercise books
00:19:03 Goodbye, son.
00:21:51 Yes, almost.
00:24:03 Actually, no. Not really.
00:26:48 Not just showers. Nonstop rain for two days.
00:28:39 Try anyway. How did it end?
00:31:26 It would have been something to remember.
00:36:19 You have two of everything?
00:39:18 Each time I went in there, she'd say
00:41:47 I know you have guns.
00:44:40 What then?
00:47:11 What does it depend on?
00:50:33 Anything else?
00:52:42 You've dreamed of saying it for 30 years!
00:55:20 No more...
00:57:58 What would she do today?
01:01:06 I don't know why he wanted us to meet.
01:04:28 Are you still here?
01:07:13 If you look at it that way...
01:12:57 It wasn't in Nevada.
01:22:56 Luigi, no!

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed922
Dialogue density10.2 lines / min
First line00:01:01
Final line01:22:56

Production Record

DirectorPatrice Leconte
LanguageFrench
Revenue$7,727,906
IMDb votes7,674