In Luis Buñuel’s “Belle de Jour,” a housewife slips out during the day to an elite brothel, where she’s able to explore kinky fantasies she wouldn’t dare suggest to her husband. It’s one of the most daring films ever made, not so much because of anything it overtly depicts as what this controversial classic reveals about the infinitely complicated psychology of human sexuality.
Director Josephine Mackerras’ “Alice” shares that rebel spirit, thrusting its demure leading lady into some of those same shadows. But unlike Catherine Deneuve’s masochistic character, young married mother Alice Ferrand isn’t trying to feed any particular fetish when she starts work for a high-class Paris brothel. Rather, she discovers this hidden world quite by accident the day her credit cards stop working, after calling phone numbers she finds among her husband’s private records. She agrees to become an escort since...
Director Josephine Mackerras’ “Alice” shares that rebel spirit, thrusting its demure leading lady into some of those same shadows. But unlike Catherine Deneuve’s masochistic character, young married mother Alice Ferrand isn’t trying to feed any particular fetish when she starts work for a high-class Paris brothel. Rather, she discovers this hidden world quite by accident the day her credit cards stop working, after calling phone numbers she finds among her husband’s private records. She agrees to become an escort since...
- 5/15/2020
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: U.S. outfit Monument Releasing is returning to the ‘virtual theatrical’ model with SXSW 2019 Grand Jury winner Alice.
After trialing the release model with Sundance title Pahokee this past week, Monument will release Alice online with theatrical partners in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand on May 15. A Tvod release will follow on August 4.
Consumers can buy a virtual ticket from a participating venue of their choice with Monument splitting revenue with theaters.
The film stars French actress Emilie Piponnier in a breakout performance as Alice, who discovers that her husband’s addiction to escorts has left their family penniless. After he abandons them, she becomes drawn into the world of high-end prostitution in order to care for herself and her son. Also starring are Martin Swabey and Chloe Boreham.
The film is written, directed, and produced by Josephine Mackerras and executive produced by Elliot Grove. Festival play also included Rio,...
After trialing the release model with Sundance title Pahokee this past week, Monument will release Alice online with theatrical partners in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand on May 15. A Tvod release will follow on August 4.
Consumers can buy a virtual ticket from a participating venue of their choice with Monument splitting revenue with theaters.
The film stars French actress Emilie Piponnier in a breakout performance as Alice, who discovers that her husband’s addiction to escorts has left their family penniless. After he abandons them, she becomes drawn into the world of high-end prostitution in order to care for herself and her son. Also starring are Martin Swabey and Chloe Boreham.
The film is written, directed, and produced by Josephine Mackerras and executive produced by Elliot Grove. Festival play also included Rio,...
- 5/5/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Josephine Mackerras' marital drama 'Alice' won the top prize for best narrative feature at the South by Southwest Awards on Tuesday night at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas.
The French film is Mackerras' feature directorial debut and explores the collapse of a seemingly perfect marriage. Emilie Piponnier stars as the title character who becomes a sex worker after discovering that her husband Francois, played by Martin Swabey, has taken all of their money and spent it -- including her inheritance from her father.
'Alice' also won the inaugural CherryPicks Female First Award, presented to a first-time female filmmaker.
The best documentary award went to the British production 'For Sama,' directed by Waad al-Khateab and Edward Watts. 'For Sama' tells the story of al-Khateab's journey through love, war and motherhood across five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria.
The French film is Mackerras' feature directorial debut and explores the collapse of a seemingly perfect marriage. Emilie Piponnier stars as the title character who becomes a sex worker after discovering that her husband Francois, played by Martin Swabey, has taken all of their money and spent it -- including her inheritance from her father.
'Alice' also won the inaugural CherryPicks Female First Award, presented to a first-time female filmmaker.
The best documentary award went to the British production 'For Sama,' directed by Waad al-Khateab and Edward Watts. 'For Sama' tells the story of al-Khateab's journey through love, war and motherhood across five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria.
- 3/13/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
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