Maison de la Culture du Havre

A series of philosophical dialogues on friendship, architecture, electricity, cannibalism and human rights.

H., 35, an Arabian immigrant, works as projectionist in an old cinema. One day, drawn by the music, he looks through the window of the booth and is fascinated: the dancer he sees on the screen seems to be looking straight into his eyes. He falls in love with her, but the vision last only a moment. Shortly afterwards, an elderly man storms into the projection booth and claims he is his uncle.
 H. wants to prepare a meal for him and reaches for the oil bottle: he sees the same dancer on the label…. H begins to find echoes of his own life in the images he projects. Everything changes when fiction and reality merge...

Views from Here tells the story of Annie, a housewife and mother of three who begins to suffer from her cloistered, family-centered life. The only dream that brightens her life is the ongoing construction of a house in a housing development. When her husband's hours are reduced, putting this project in jeopardy, Annie starts looking for a job... and finds one. Her life is transformed.