You are speaking of « L'homme du train » (2002) a very good
film indeed, wherein a kind of professional outlaw (Halliday)
encounters and spend some time at the place of a retired lit.
professor (Rochefort) in a very small town. Halliday is there
to plan a bank rebbery. Finally each of them wishes for a
life similar to what the other lived.
Very clever film. Superb actors.
In English: "The man on the train".
The screenplay was by Claude Klotz who was a very
innovative French HB/noir writer during the 70s and who
became later a very famous writer in gen lit under the name
of Patrick Cauvin. The film maker was Patrice Leconte who
made several good films in very different genres, inclusive
HB/noir and comedy.
E.Borgers
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I don't know, but speaking of cool French noir movies, a
couple of years ago I saw a great one, I forget the title but
Johnny Halliday and Jean Rochefort were the protagonists.
Does anyone remember the title. It's about a guy who arrives
in a small town and is taken in by an older guy who lives
alone. A perfectly cold dish, perfectly scripted, directed
and acted.
Best,
MrT
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