Man on the Train Quotes

  • Sadko: We will pass, like centuries and doves.

  • Monsieur Manesquier: Do you want to know a secret?

    Milan: Do I have any choice?

  • Milan: One guy can't take two on, except in the movies.

  • Monsieur Manesquier: [after an abortive confrontation] I suppose my time hasn't come.

    Milan: That took guts.

    Monsieur Manesquier: I try picking a fight and find someone who likes me.

    Milan: You'd have preferred broken bottles?

    Monsieur Manesquier: [shrugs] It would have been something to remember.

  • Milan: Why two combs and two toothbrushes?

    Monsieur Manesquier: There are two kinds of men. Those who say, "I must buy a toothbrush; I've lost mine," they're adventurers. And those who have an extra brush.

    Milan: What are they?

    Monsieur Manesquier: Planners, at best.

    Milan: You have two of everything?

    Monsieur Manesquier: [smiles] No, three!

  • Sadko: Revenge is misfortune's justice.

  • Gardener: Nobody ever remembers a gardener.

  • Monsieur Manesquier: After playing a piece on the piano, turns to Johnny Hallyday and asks: "And you, Monsieur, are you musical? Ironic, because Hallyday was probably the top rock and roller of his generation in France...

Extended Reading
  • Ewald 2022-04-23 07:04:13

    Movies without women are always dry. Fortunately, let

  • Shana 2022-04-19 09:02:46

    9.0+ Short but long aftertaste Leconte explores the irreversibility of fate from an omniscient perspective. Different choices lead to different fates for two men, but the ending is the same, welcoming death at the same time. The magic ended and the body passed away, but the two exchanged souls and lived their ideal lives in the hallucination. Leconte's carefulness is reflected in the control of audiovisual, the desolateness of the border town is matched with the mysterious blue tone, the whistling sound of the train wind is infinitely amplified, and even becomes part of the theme.