A woman remains in an airport after her husband announces he wants a divorce, just before they are to board a plane for Argentina. Unwilling to turn to her sister and emotionally traumatized she makes the airport her home, making money by working as a prostitute. She strikes up a friendship with a café worker Marco.....
Acting
Dominique Blanc's hollow-eyed stillness speaks entire monologues.
Direction
Turns fluorescent-lit limbo into genuine emotional geography.
Director
Roch Stéphanik
Dominique Blanc
Hélène
Roschdy Zem
Marco
Patrick Catalifo
Gérard
Jean-Luc Bideau
The Swiss customer
Georges Corraface
The customer in the parking lot
Gamil Ratib
Doctor
Cécile Brune
Isabelle
Franck Gourlat
The Inspector
Rémi Martin
The violent man
Catherine Sola
Nurse
Asil Raïs
The Indian customer
Olivier Claverie
The customer at the computer
Nathalie Bécue
Border police woman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Filmed partially at Brussels Airport during actual operating hours, with Dominique Blanc genuinely wandering among unaware travelers.
A forgotten gem of the 'cinématicité' movement — films exploring non-places where identity dissolves. Merci, Marc Augé.
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