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 Rochefort
as Monsieur Manesquier
Johnny Hallyday
as Milan
Jean-François Stévenin
as Luigi
Pascal Parmentier
as Sadko
Charlie Nelson
as Max
Isabelle Petit-Jacques
as Viviane, Manesquier's mistress
Édith Scob
as Manesquier's Sister
Maurice Chevit
as Hairdresser
Riton Liebman
as Burly Guy
Olivier Fauron
as Schoolboy
Véronique Kapoyan
as Baker
Armand Chagot
as Gardener of Manesquier
