ALICE'S HOUSE
Carla Ribas in "Alice's House"

Cast: Carla Ribas, Vinicius Zinn, Ricardo Vilaa, Felipe Massuia, Berta Zemel, Carlos Machado, Renata Zhaneta and Luciano Quirino
Director: Chico Teixeira
Studio Synopsis: Alice (Carla Ribas) is in her forties and works as a manicurist in a beauty salon. She lives in a neighborhood in the outskirts of Sao Paulo, sharing an apartment with her mother, Dona Jacira (Berta Zemel), her husband, Lindomar (Carlos Machado), a taxi-driver, and their three sons. Junior (Felipe Massuia), the youngest son, is the most fragile and closest to Alice. Lucas is his role model and like all adolescents, he is tormented by affection and his own sexual awakenings After 20 years of marriage, neither Lindomar nor Alice expects much in the way of reconciliation. The taxi-driver saves his sexual impulses for the affairs that he maintains, with a preference for teenage girls. Alice pretends not to acknowledge her husband's infidelities. Enter Nilson (Luciano Quirino), Alice's old boyfriend from adolescence. Alice sees in him the possibility to realize her romantic dreams, changing the course of her love life and finances. Once more she creates illusions that will lead her to nothing.
Rating: Unrated
Running Time: 93 minutes
Official Web site: http://figafilms.com/alice.html
Trailer: http://figafilms.com/alice_trailer.html

Reviews:
The Miami Herald (3 out of 4 stars)
The Palm Beach Post (B)
The Sun-Sentinel (3 1/2 out of 4 stars)

 

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