La vraie vie est ailleurs

What if to leave was in fact to find oneself? What if to take a train became a journey within oneself? Naples. Berlin. Marseille. Three encounters. What if real life was somewhere else to be found? Geneva train station. A woman leaves for Marseilles to give a conference. A man is on his way to Berlin to discover his new born child. A young woman is off to live in Naples. When one person invites itself to take a seat next to someone else, a new reality can start off. Three people meeting, three life stories which switch on the platform of a railway station. —Julie GILBERT Geneva train station. A woman is catching the TGV for Marseille where she has to give a conference. A man is leaving for Berlin to meet up with his girlfriend who has just given birth. A young woman settles down in the night train for Naples where she has decided to live. But sometimes to take a train is more than a simple trip. When a stranger sits down on the opposite seat, with the hubbub and the screeching noises of the train in the background, a new reality may appear. Three encounters, three trips, three stories about life that suddenly changed forever on the platform of a train station. As if real life was somewhere else to be found... —rita productions