Asphalte

An ageing man in a wheelchair, a lonely night nurse, a troubled actress, a latchkey teen boy, an American astronaut, and a doting mother of her convict son. Six different people, three different stories. And one housing estate. The strange beauty of a cold urban landscape. Wind and neon, empty geometry. A stingy old man in a wheelchair on a moonlight escapade meets a lonely night nurse. A troubled actress in decline sparks the fascination of a latchkey teen. An American astronaut jettisoned from space onto a high-rise rooftop is taken in by a lonely woman, doting mother of her convict son. The ordinary turns extraordinary in this story of chance encounters between six solitary people that give rise to surprising moments of compassion and intimacy. Shared moments that reveal human warmth with a touch of nostalgia. The essential humanity in us all. (Cinemax)