
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.
Jean RochefortMonsieur Manesquier
Johnny HallydayMilan
Jean-François StéveninLuigi
Pascal ParmentierSadko
Charlie NelsonMax
Isabelle Petit-JacquesViviane, Manesquier's mistress
Édith ScobManesquier's Sister
Maurice ChevitHairdresser
Riton LiebmanBurly GuyOlivier FauronSchoolboy
Véronique KapoyanBakerArmand ChagotGardener of ManesquierMichel LaforestPharmacistAlain GuellaffSurgeonHélène ChambonRadiologist Nurse