In Alice 2 people come together 11 year old Alice and 30 something Philip. A wanderer who has been roaming across US to write an article on US for a german publication. He just clicks polaroid photos (tons of them) and keeps scribbling in a small note pad. Having missed his deadline - on his way back to Germany with very little money. Then Alice gets dumped on him to be taken care of at the airport…remaining 75% of the movie is about Alice and her relationship with this stranger who is no one but becomes a pseudo Dad who is broke. The movie starts in US, then Amsterdam and then Germany - cities I have not hear.
It’s black and white movie but it’s beautifully shot - In US the hotel is just opposite Empire State Building - the tallest and grandest, we also see the twin tower, the bill boards, neon lights, busy street and then Amsterdam - bleak, sparse, fields & then back to a small town in Germany. In 74 they had metro where the rail tracks on the air and coach below like the ropeways.
The highlight of course is Alice who is precocious, innocent, demanding, possessive of her new Dad / friend. They are both alone in some way.
I mentioned clouds because I just felt like I was drifting, Philip has the impossible task of finding Alice’s grandmother in Germany without knowing the city, first name, address - Do they ?
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