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.

• Zoulou Films
• Tubedale Films
• Jean Rochefort
• Johnny Hallyday
• Jean-François Stévenin
• Pascal Parmentier
• Charlie Nelson
• Isabelle Petit-Jacques
• Édith Scob
• Maurice Chevit