Directed by:
Patrice LeconteCinematography:
Jean-Marie DreujouComposer:
Pascal EstèveCast:
Jean Rochefort, Johnny Hallyday, Jean-François Stévenin, Edith Scob, Maurice Chevit, Véronique Kapoyan, Riton Liebman, Charlie Nelson (more)Plots(1)
Milan (Hallyday), a thief, steps off the train in a small town in the French Alps where he plans to rob a local bank. By chance, after he is unable to find a room for the night, he encounters Manesquier (Rochefort), a retired poetry teacher whose sedentary lifestyle bores even himself. Sharing nothing in common except important plans for the weekend, one is to rob a bank and the other is to go in for open-heart surgery the two men begin talking and soon develop a respect for one another, as well as a secret longing to live the type of lifestyle the other lives. And, as the friendship grows even stronger, each man defies his personality to explore his yearning for the life of the other. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Jean Rochefort
France
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My Mother's Castle (1990)
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Johnny Hallyday
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Jean-François Stévenin
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Edith Scob
France
Best movies:
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Maurice Chevit
France
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Véronique Kapoyan
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Riton Liebman
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Charlie Nelson
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Isabelle Petit-Jacques
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Sébastien Bonnet
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Donald Sutherland
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Larry Mullen Jr.
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