Patrice Leconte

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So single-minded is antiques dealer François Coste (Daniel Auteuil) that he's failed to make a single friend over the years -- a point his business partner (Julie Gayet) is willing to wager on. With a prized Greek vase at stake, Coste must find a best pal in 10 days or pay up. The arrogant Parisian turns to a gregarious, lowbrow taxi driver (Dany Boon) to teach him how to make friends in this buddy movie (without the buddy) from Patrice Leconte.

Middle-aged Donald Halston (Dennis Weaver) cannot cope with problems at work, and the increasing stress prompts him to lash out at his devoted wife, Janis (Sally Struthers), in this harrowing made-for-television film about the horrors of domestic abuse. Tyne Daly won her first supporting actress Emmy nomination for her role as Karen, Janis's concerned friend who tries to help her cope with the increasing violence and breakdown of her marriage.

In this "elegantly polished film" (Richard Schickel, Time magazine), a mysterious stranger is the lone passenger disembarking from a train in a sleepy French village. His name is Milan (French rock icon Johnny Hallyday), a criminal intent on knocking over the local bank. Upon his arrival, he is befriended by Manesquier (acclaimed French actor Jean Rochefort), a retired poetry teacher. Through their unexpected friendship, both men come to realize they have been given the opportunity to look back on their lives--complete with dashed hopes and unfulfilled dreams. At the same time, both are given the momentary chance to explore the road not taken. Directed by celebrated filmmaker Patrice Leconte (Monsieur Hire, Girl On The Bridge), the dazzling Man On The Train captivated audiences at the 2002 Venice Film Festival, where it won the coveted audience awards for both Best Picture and Best Actor (Rochefort).

When a career criminal planning to knock off a bank crosses paths with a professor, they form an unlikely partnership, allowing each man to live vicariously through the other as they hatch their plans for the heist.

A Tribeca Film. When a career criminal planning to knock off a bank crosses paths with a professor, they form an unlikely partnership, allowing each man to live vicariously through the other as they hatch their plans for the heist.

Man on the Train -- When a career criminal planning to knock off a bank crosses paths with a professor, they form an unlikely partnership, allowing each man to live vicariously through the other as they hatch their plans for the heist.

A poet. A thief. Two strangers with nothing in common are about to trade their lives for a chance to cheat their destinies.

At a deserted train station, a teacher and a gangster meet and realize that each might have been better suited to the other's way of life. By week's end, everything will change for both of them.

Man on the Train -- A poet. A thief. Two strangers with nothing in common are about to trade their lives for a chance to cheat their destinies.

In 1849 on the French fishing island of Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, Ariel Neel Auguste (Emir Kusturica) awaits execution for murder under the watchful eye of the captain of the island guard (Daniel Auteuil), who is waiting for a guillotine to arrive from the mainland. The convict becomes the pet project of the captain's wife (Juliette Binoche), and as she guides him through rehabilitation, she tolerates criticism from the town's leadership.