Story :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.
Cast
Emmanuelle DevosAlix
Gabriel ByrneMan
Gilles PrivatRodolphe
Aurélia PetitDiane
Laurent CapellutoOlivier
Noémie LandreauWoman at the bank reception
Françoise LebrunAlix's mother (voice)
Denis MénochetAntoine (voice)
Sébastien PouderouxYoung man who is doing the casting
Olivier BrocheTheater administrator
Eddie ChignaraActor from Ibsen's play
Victoria QuesnelActress from Ibsen's play
Anne- Élodie SorlinCamille, assistant
Odile Grosset-GrangeActress who does vocalizations
Laurent DespondsTraveler on the train
Delphine ZinggDoctor passing by
Maxence TualPasserby when Alix is leaning against the post
Jean-Charles ClichetCustomer of the Bistrot Gourmand