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Status
Released
Release
2013
Runtime
1h 44m
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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.
19 Cast Members
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
Olivier Broche
Theater administrator
Eddie Chignara
Actor from Ibsen's play
Victoria Quesnel
Actress from Ibsen's play
Anne- Élodie Sorlin
Camille, assistant
Odile Grosset-Grange
Actress who does vocalizations
Laurent Desponds
Traveler on the train
Delphine Zingg
Doctor passing by
Maxence Tual
Passerby when Alix is leaning against the post
Jean-Charles Clichet
Customer of the Bistrot Gourmand
Hervé Dandrieux
Boss of the café "le Marie Stuart"
