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