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Alice

1988 · 86 min

A hushed, tactile nightmare of stop-motion oddities that unsettles more than it delights, drawing you into a dreamlike, claustrophobic crawl.

Tagline
A film made for children… perhaps?
Overview
A quiet young English girl named Alice finds herself in an alternate version of her own reality after chasing a white rabbit. She becomes surrounded by living inanimate objects and stuffed dead animals, and must find a way out of this nightmare - no matter how twisted or odd that way must be.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • madness
  • isolation
  • coming-of-age
  • death
Places
  • home
  • fantasy world
Era
timeless
Audience
adult
Form
  • animated
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror6
Humour3
Realism2
Romance0
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
animation, fantasy, adventure
Directed by
Jan Švankmajer
Written by
Jan Švankmajer
Starring
Kristýna Kohoutová
Cinematography
Svatopluk Malý
Runtime
86 min
Country
Switzerland, United Kingdom, Germany
Languages
Czech

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