A man, Milan (played by Johnny Hallyday) 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 (Jean Rochefort). The two men strike up a strange friendship and explore the road not taken, each wanting to live the other's life.
L'homme du train, Man on the Train, El hombre del tren, Mannen på tåget, A férfi a vonatról, Čovek iz voza, Człowiek z pociągu, Das zweite Leben des Monsieur Manesquier, L'uomo del treno, Manden fra toget, Mannen fra toget, Mies junassa, Muz z vlaku, O anthropos tou trainou, O Homem do Comboio, Oameni si trenuri, Ressha ni notta otoko, The Man on the Train, Uma Passagem para a Vida, Ο άνθρωπος του τρένου, Людина з потягу, Человек с поезда, Човекът от влака, 기차를 타고 온 남자, 列車に乗った男