Alice (2005)

Directed by

Marco Martins

Genre

drama film

Country

Portugal

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

+16

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 33 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A child disappears from her usual route to school in Lisbon. Her parents, Mário and Luísa, struggle with grief and loneliness as they search for answers in a city that feels unfamiliar and hostile.

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What happens

Alice is a Portuguese film directed by Marco Martins, released in 2005. Alice stars Nuno Lopes as Mário, the father, and Beatriz Batarda as Luísa, his wife, as well as Miguel Guilherme, Ana Bustorff, Gonçalo Waddington, Carla Maciel, Laura Soveral and José Wallenstein. Alice was produced by Paulo Branco. Music is by Bernardo Sassetti. Shot in a dark, depressive undertone, Alice unveils a Lisbon whose mists, colours, alleys and moods are strangers, despite the familiarity of the locations. All seems odd, silently cruel, as cruel is the disappearance of a child from the path she'd traveled every day in (apparent) safety. The anguish is masterfully conveyed, and so is the loneliness of both parents. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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