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Plot Summary
Maryse works in a factory and lives a comfortable suburban life with her husband Alain. Their current obsession: selling a tractor that sits unused on their front lawn. Maryse’s brother, Benoit, lives with their convalescent father. Benoit is stuck in perpetual adolescence, but hopes to settle into a new adult life with his girfriend, an older single mother. Then everything changes. An accident at Maryse’s workplace sparks a series of coincidences and a stranger arrives, claiming to come from the future. Suddenly the brother and sister are launched into a road trip that will change their ordinary lives forever.
Festivals and Awards
Berlinale, Germany, February 2011
*Winner – Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Forum of New Cinema
Jeounju Film Festival, Korea, April 2011
Shanghai International Film Festival, China, June 2011
Los Angeles Film Festival, USA, June 2011
*Winner – Best Narrative Feature
Taipei Film Festival, Taiwan, June 2011
*Winner – Grand Prize
Durban International Film Festival, South Africa, July 2011
Melbourne Film Festival, Australia, July 2011
Motovun Film Festival, Croatia, July 2011
Two Riverside Film & Art Festival, Poland, July 2011
Possible Worlds Sydney Canadian Film Festival, Australia, August 2011
Monterrey Film Festival, Mexico, August 2011
*Winner – Best International Feature Film
Films by the Sea International Film Festival, The Netherlands, September 2011
Vladivostok Film Festival, Russia, September 2011
Athens Film Festival, Greece, September 2011
Biennale Maple Movies, Germany, September 2011
Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur, Belgium, September 2011
Festival du Film Francophone de Tübingen, Germany, November 2011
Ciné Premières Film Festival, The Netherlands, November 2011
Starz Denver Film Festival, USA, November 2011
Les journées du film francophone, Romania, March 2012
FEBIOFEST. Czech Republic, March 2012
Wisconsin Film Festival, USA, April 2012
Transatlantyk International Film & Music Festival, Poland, August 2012
Quebec Cinema in Barcelona, Spain, September 2012
Raindance Film Festival, UK, September 2012
Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil, October 2012