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 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
Michel Laforest
Pharmacist
Alain Guellaff
Surgeon
Hélène Chambon
Radiologist Nurse
Sophie Durand
Operating Room Nurse
Sébastien Bonnet
Burly Guy's Friend
Crew
Patrice Leconte
Director
Claude Klotz
Writer
Joëlle Hache
Editor
Jean-Marie Dreujou
Director of Photography
Olivier Coutard
First Assistant Director
Philippe Carcassonne
Producer
Carl Clifton
Co-Producer
Ivan Maussion
Production Design
Annie Périer
Costume Design
Isabelle de Araujo
Makeup Artist
Paul Lainé
Sound
Dominique Hennequin
Sound
Jean Goudier
Sound
Matthias Weber
Visual Effects Supervisor
Pascal Estève
Original Music Composer
Maggie Perlado
Script Supervisor
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