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
as Alix
Gabriel Byrne
as Man
Gilles Privat
as Rodolphe
Aurélia Petit
as Diane
Laurent Capelluto
as Olivier
Noémie Landreau
as Woman at the bank reception
Françoise Lebrun
as Alix's mother (voice)
Denis Ménochet
as Antoine (voice)
Sébastien Pouderoux
as Young man who is doing the casting
Olivier Broche
as Theater administrator
Eddie Chignara
as Actor from Ibsen's play
Victoria Quesnel
as Actress from Ibsen's play
