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Alice-Heart

2025 · 93 min

A gentle, meandering slice of life that feels like a long conversation with a friend, full of small moments and quiet self-discovery.

Directed by: Mike Macera
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Lissa Carandang-Sweeney, Anthony McCall, Adam McAlonie

Tagline: life imitates heart.
Overview: Alice-Heart is an aimless college student residing in Philadelphia. She aspires to be a famous writer but drops out of school in her last semester of senior year on a whim. Immediately cut off from her disappointed Filipino mother and dumped by her studious boyfriend, she finds that she has to pay bills on her own for the first time. Distraught, she takes solace in her neighbor Tony, a self sufficient freelance photographer. Tony encourages her to pursue her passions and hold onto her friendships. With this in mind, Alice-Heart navigates the beginnings of adulthood and combats “adult baby” allegations along the way.

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Directed by: Mike Macera
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Lissa Carandang-Sweeney, Anthony McCall, Adam McAlonie

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
identity
family
friendship
isolation
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	5
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	2
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama, comedy
Directed by: Mike Macera
Written by: Mike Macera
Starring: Lissa Carandang-Sweeney, Anthony McCall, Adam McAlonie, Kelsey O'Keefe, Gabriel Elmore, Lauren Serafica, Mike Macera, Mylene Wilson
Cinematography: Matt Connelly
Runtime: 93 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English, Tagalog

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