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Status
Released
Release
2002
Runtime
1h 30m
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"A poet. A thief. Two strangers with nothing in common are about to trade their lives for a chance to cheat their destinies."
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.
17 Cast Members
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
