This film traces out the portrait of a motorway rest area located in the countryside in the North of France. It looks like a dream, filled with the whispers thoughts and the lives of those who work here, as well as those who are just passing through. It is also a very concrete place, a perfect spot to observe today’s Europe, the violence carried by the free competition of a single market, the nostalgia carried by uprooted lives, and all the solitude engendered by our modern world.
Isabelle Ingold
Graduated from Fémis, Isabelle Ingold lives and works between Paris and Brussels. As an editor, she has worked with directors as diverse as Amos Gitai, Vincent Dieutre, Bojena Horackova, Hélène Mariani, Itvan Kebadian, Lea Todorov and Joanna Dunis. She teaches at the University of Corsica and regularly at the Fémis. For many years, she has also been making documentary films, particularly in partnership with Vivianne Perelmuter. Their fifth co-production, ‘Ailleurs, Partout’, released in cinemas in France, Belgium and Greece, was awarded a SCAM star in 2024.