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Alice

1988 · 85 min

A restless, talky plunge into creative obsession and a fraying relationship, by turns funny and despairing, leaving you unsettled and fascinated.

Overview
In Paris, the student protests of December 1986. Alice Lazard is having her own revolution, expressing herself and trying to confront a world whose aggression and hatred ignite her fierce will to live and her madness. Or so we imagine. Swept away by her colorful language, her youth, her vivacity, her humor, we remain fascinated, and yet she expresses so much despair in the slow destruction of her relationship with a man... Romain, the creator of this character, is overwhelmed by her. He projects himself into another woman, Alice Lazard, brunette, warm, and aggressive. She comes to present herself to Romain for a role in his next film, but she doesn't understand his reactions at all. All of this unfolds under the sometimes amused, sometimes irritated gaze of Jean, the film's editor.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • obsession
  • madness
  • love
  • art
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour4
Realism7
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Gabriel Benattar
Written by
Gabriel Benattar
Starring
Anne Consigny, Nadia Mourouzi, Alain Fromager, Martin Provost, Denis Manuel
Music
Sydney Tiam
Cinematography
Jean-Louis Sonzogni
Runtime
85 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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