Ghost Tropic

A nighttime play set in Brussels. After a late shift, 58-year-old cleaner Khadija (Saadia Bentaïeb) falls asleep on the subway on her way home. When she wakes up at the terminus, there is no train back, so she has no choice but to walk home across the city in the middle of the night. On her walk, she has various encounters: with the security guard at a shopping center, a homeless man and his dog, the cashier at a gas station and her daughter flirting at night. Curious and courageous, she makes progress despite some adversity - asking for help and providing help herself. GHOST TROPIC insists on the possibility of humanity and solidarity, cohesion and togetherness. Shot on 16 mm, the film is focused on the changing urban space on the outskirts of Brussels, in 4:3 format, a mixture of proximity and distance and a little music. The setting is a private room, Khadija's living room. The voiceover says: "We fill the room with our lives." (bik)