Marie is a modern-day teenager. Born at the end of the 70s, she grew up far from the certainties of the previous generation. Today, as she becomes a woman, everything has to be reinvented and redefined. So Marie gets up and gets moving. She leaves her single mother and her provincial town. Alongside a crook, also battered by life, she heads for Brussels, where other traps of hope await her. The Rue de l'Harmonie, where she was supposed to meet, turns out to be just another dead end. But there Marie meets Tonio, the thug's 7-year-old son. To prevent Tonio from being locked up in a home, Marie has to fight again and get back on the road... Despite the child she holds by the hand and the one growing in her belly, Marie is unable to imagine a future for herself. That's probably why she invents an elsewhere. When all you've got is love, "elsewhere" is as good a word as "tomorrow".
A co-production of Saga Film (Belgium), RTL-TVI, MBSA Productions (France), Vermedia (Portugal), with the support of the Council of Europe's Eurimages Fund and the participation of Canal+, the Portuguese Film Institute, the Ministry of Culture and Social Affairs of the French Community of Belgium, and the Ministry of Education and Culture (Centre National de la Cinématographie).
Directed by Marian Handwerker
Cast: Marie Gillain, Alessandro Sigona, Aurore Clément, Stéphane Ferrara, Sabrina Leurquin, Margarida Marinho, Jorge Sousa Costa
Script: Luc Jabon, Catherine Verougstraete, Pascal Lonhay, Marina Handwerker
Music: Dirk Brossé
Producer(s) : Hubert Toint
Production manager(s) : Françoise Vercheval, Maurice Brover
Director of photography: Patrice Payen
Live sound: Ricardo Castro
Image editing: Denise Vindevogel
Sound mixing: Jean-Paul Loublier
Giffoni Festival, 1993: Grand Prix, Best Actress for Marie Gillain & Best Actor for Alessandro Sigona, Prize of the President of the Italian Republic, Exhibitors' Prize
Rencontres Cinématographiques de Cannes, 1993: Audience Award
Festival du Jeune Cinéma Européen de Mamers, 1994: Grand Prix du Public
Paris Festival, 1994: Grand Prix and Best Actress Award for Marie Gillain
