In the short break between performances in Calais, stage actress Alix makes a quick escape to Paris. On the train she meets a mysterious English stranger and, for the most fleeting of afternoons, imagines what the future could hold down a different road.
Emmanuelle Devos
Alix
Gabriel Byrne
Man
Gilles Privat
Rodolphe
Aurélia Petit
Diane
Laurent Capelluto
Olivier
Noémie Landreau
Woman at the bank reception
Françoise Lebrun
Alix's mother (voice)
Denis Ménochet
Antoine (voice)
Sébastien Pouderoux
Young man who is doing the casting
In the short break between performances in Calais, stage actress Alix makes a quick escape to Paris. On the train she meets a mysterious English stranger and, for the most fleeting of afternoons, imagines what the future could hold down a different road.
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