L'homme du train
Encyclopedia
L'homme du train is a 2002 French crime-drama film directed by Patrice Leconte
, starring Jean Rochefort
and Johnny Hallyday
. It is also known as Man on the Train in the United States
.
The movie was shot in Annonay
, France
and won the audience awards at the Venice Film Festival
for "Best Film" and "Best Actor" (Jean Rochefort) in 2002.
Though not an English-speaking film, the UK Film Council
awarded £500,000 (€750,000) to assist its production.
Paramount Classics acquired the United States
distribution rights of this film and gave it a limited US
theatrical release on May 9, 2003 to a total of 85 theaters; this film went on grossing $2,542,020 in the United States
theaters, which is a solid result for a non-English film. Paramount Classics was ecstatic with this film's performance in the United States
market.
as the professor and Larry Mullen Jr.
as the thief.
Patrice Leconte
Patrice Leconte is a French film director, actor, comic strip writer, and screenwriter.-Biography:...
, starring Jean Rochefort
Jean Rochefort
Jean Rochefort is a French actor, with a career that has spanned over five decades.Rochefort was born in Paris, France. He was educated at the Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen He was 19 years old when he entered the Centre d'Art Dramatique de la rue Blanche. Later he joined the Conservatoire National...
and Johnny Hallyday
Johnny Hallyday
Johnny Hallyday is a French singer and actor. An icon in the French-speaking world since the beginning of his career, he was considered by some to have been the French Elvis Presley. He was married for 15 years to one of the most popular French female singers: Sylvie Vartan...
. It is also known as Man on the Train in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
The movie was shot in Annonay
Annonay
Annonay is a commune in the north of the Ardèche department in the Rhône-Alpes region in southern France. It is the most populous commune in the Ardèche department, although it is not the capital, which resides in the smaller town of Privas.-Geography:...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and won the audience awards at the Venice Film Festival
Venice Film Festival
The Venice International Film Festival is the oldest international film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the...
for "Best Film" and "Best Actor" (Jean Rochefort) in 2002.
Though not an English-speaking film, the UK Film Council
UK Film Council
The UK Film Council was set up in 2000 by the Labour Government as a non-departmental public body to develop and promote the film industry in the UK. It was constituted as a private company limited by guarantee governed by a board of 15 directors and was funded through sources including the...
awarded £500,000 (€750,000) to assist its production.
Paramount Classics acquired the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
distribution rights of this film and gave it a limited US
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
theatrical release on May 9, 2003 to a total of 85 theaters; this film went on grossing $2,542,020 in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
theaters, which is a solid result for a non-English film. Paramount Classics was ecstatic with this film's performance in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
market.
Plot
Milan (Hallyday) arrives in a small town by train at the start of the week. The hotel is closed, but he finds accommodation due to a chance meeting with a retired poetry teacher, Manisquier (Rochefort). The film tells the story of the developing relationship between these apparent opposites, though looming in the background are two unavoidable events that each is expecting to take place on the Saturday - Manisquier is to undergo a major operation, and Milan (though he keeps this secret at first) is to lead a bank robbery. Manisquier soon realises Milan's intentions, but this does not prevent a growing mutual respect, with each envying the other's lifestyle.English-Language Remake
In 2010 Pembridge Pictures finished shooting an English-language remake of this film, starring Donald SutherlandDonald Sutherland
Donald McNichol Sutherland, OC is a Canadian actor with a film career spanning nearly 50 years. Some of Sutherland's more notable movie roles included offbeat warriors in such war movies as The Dirty Dozen, , MASH , and Kelly's Heroes , as well as in such popular films as Klute, Invasion of the...
as the professor and Larry Mullen Jr.
Larry Mullen Jr.
Lawrence Joseph "Larry" Mullen, Jr. is an Irish musician best known as the drummer for the Irish rock band U2. He is the founder of U2, which he later described as "'The Larry Mullen Band' for about ten minutes, then Bono walked in and blew any chance I had of being in charge." He has worked on...
as the thief.