Ailleurs la nuit

Marie, an accomplished artist, records ambient sounds to better understand the environment around her. Noée, who has fled Paris, disrupts her relationship with Nico, while Yan, the owner of a dairy farm, befriends the young Frenchwoman. In Montreal, Eva, who recently arrived from the Philippines with her mother, suffers from insomnia and roams the city, while her neighbour, a master’s student, contemplates giving it all up. In her first fiction film, marked by a melancholy languor, Marianne Métivier deftly explores the doubts and inner turmoil of six characters suspended between presence and absence. Should we stay or go? What choices are truly open to us? The story’s mysterious poetry draws us in and immerses us. A subtle yet piercing evocation of parallel worlds in constant transition.