Losing Alice (לאבד את אליס)

"NOTHING HAS REALLY HAPPENED UNTIL IT'S BEEN DESCRIBED ."

VIRGINIA WOOLF

Yeah. Wow.

It's exactly the way I imagined it.

Sexy and a little sleazy. Good morning.

-Hey, Alice. -Morning.

This is amazing.

Yeah, amazing, sleazy and sexy. But...

it'll be hard to shoot here.

The elevator is small.

-The stairs are too narrow. -It's amazing.

-It's a bad idea. -Wow.

And they have restrictions regarding the number of people allowed per floor.

So... it'll be almost impossible.

Yeah. I get that. It's just perfect.

Yeah. Okay.

Let's just visualize--

We put the camera here.

Then...

I get them over here,

the door opens.

LOSING ALICE

CREATED BY SIGAL AVIN

A little wider, cheapskate.

"Eleanor spreads her legs a little wider."

Wider.

"Eleanor spreads her legs open. Amir then sighs. Beat."

Sometimes you look at something for so long...

it begins to lose all its meaning.

You have to turn your head away and look in a different direction

so that you can go back and see things clearly.

You mean my vagina, or is that a metaphor for your life?

You little bitch.

"Amir gets closer and rests his head on her knee."

What the hell?

Oh, God. I'm really sorry.

You're insane.

-I'm sorry. -Shit, that was hard.

Oh, no. I'm so sorry.

Came right out of nowhere.

-I-- -You hit me really hard.

You said to listen to my instincts and not to "mark" it, so--

You definitely didn't "mark" it.

Oh, my God. I'm so sorry.

Really, I--

I feel like she's pretty mad at him, but she's also filled with desire.

So it felt like the right thing to do to him.

-Anyway... I'm so sorry. -It could actually work.

I'm sorry. Sorry. I--

It could be interesting if she slaps him.

Right? That's just why I did it. I felt it.

It just came to me.

Wanna read it again?

With the slapping?

Try me.

Kobe.

Yeah?

Can you arrange for me to sleep here on the days I have to stay here in town?

You're serious?

The hotel we got for you is so much...

Yeah, but this works for me.

It sparks my imagination.

-I'm on it. Yeah. -Okay.

But it's...

Hey. Hey, hey, hey. Finally. Alice, I need you for a second.

The musicians you wanted to see are here.

You know, for the cellist in the hotel scene.

Have a seat.

Alice, what color do you want Amir's car to be.

-They're driving me crazy. -I haven't decided.

Give us a few seconds. Alice, can you focus? Look, so these--

Alice, we won't have time to see both locations tomorrow.

Either Ramat Aviv or Herzliya.

Then Ramat Aviv, okay?

-You need to focus right now. -All right.

I want you to see how she looks as Dana.

-Here. -Okay.

How may I help you?

My father's a guest. I wanna surprise him for his birthday.

Oh, happy birthday.

-Thanks. -And your father is?

Amir Ben Zvi.

You're Amir's daughter?

I'm afraid I can't let you into his room without his permission.

-Well? -No.

-I mean... -She's good.

Yeah, it's just-- Here.

Look at her. I found her on Sophie's Instagram.

She's in a ton of photos, then she's gone.

So I think that Dana is based on this friend right here.

-Okay. -This girl.

So, you want us to locate her?

No, I don't think so. But find someone like her.

Someone with more darkness,

who's maybe more withdrawn, right?

Yes. Yes.

Doesn't look like the same girl in all the pictures.

Alice, we won't have a car if you don't decide.

Hey, I know her. Small world.

-For real? -What?

She was two years behind me in film school.

-The university? -Yeah.

Who is she? She's not tagged anywhere.

She was a little strange. She'd come and go a lot.

We'd talk sometimes. I thought she was pretty talented.

I'll go for the red car, okay?

What's her name?

Naomi. Naomi Alfissi.

She disappeared near the end of her first year.

What do you mean disappeared?

Disappeared. Just like that.

It was weird.

There was talk that maybe something serious had happened to her.

You know?

-Did they find her? -I don't know.

I quit following the story.

How did she come up?

On Sophie's feed.

Okay. So, red convertible. Okay?

Let's find her.

Maybe she can act.

We're going with the red one, Alice.

Naomi Alfissi is her name? Alfissi?

Come on now.

So many Alfissis.

Oh, no.

Tons of Naomi Alfissis.

Too many.

You're such a good boy.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

What a son. I felt like dancing.

Hi. Hi, Alice.

How are you?

Just fine.

-How did it go? -It was interesting.

Are the girls asleep?

David, darling, I'll finish up and I'll pick them up tomorrow, right?

Yeah, thank you. And don't forget about ballet.

Of course.

-Going for a run. -All right.

-Bye. -Bye, sweetie.

How was it with the girls today?

They were really great today.

Yeah?

That's good. I'm glad.

Sophie was here. That put them on cloud nine.

Perfect.

She told me just how happy she's been since you gave her the part.

You know I just want it all to go well.

With all of the sacrifice and craziness, I hope the film does well.

It's going to be amazing.

Shit! Shit, shit, shit!

You turn your head for just a second

and look, everything goes straight to hell.

It's so overcooked. It's totally dried out.

Maybe you could save some.

Of course you can't save it. Good meat must be cared for.

You have to keep an eye on it and butter it up a little.

Otherwise, it dries out and goes to hell.

At least the rats will like it.

Mommy.

No, I'm really tired.

It's been so intense with the location scouting...

casting and budget.

Sure.

How was today's meeting?

She's crazy. But I was kind of astonished.

She has this intuitive understanding.

She reacts well to everything. She's really got it.

Yeah?

It's impressive the way she analyzes things.

But even though she wrote it, it's not obvious when you approach the acting.

She gets into it.

Yeah, completely.

We're working at her place tomorrow.

We didn't get to the end of the script

because the girls came home and jumped all over her.

Yeah.

TAMIR - UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO THE RENOVATIONS

WATER BREAKS TODAY BETWEEN 10 AM AND 5 PM

COFFEE?

Amazing. Really.

You're able to let someone like that star next to David.

Keren would kill me.

-She wouldn't approve of that? -Not a chance.

Not with Sophie, she wouldn't.

You know, I only met her once, okay, but there's just something about her.

Something--

Yeah, well, I could only see the film now.

Their chemistry...

Fireworks.

I'm assuming you have a kind of vision, like you people seem to have.

It's just that... You know.

No, I don't know. What?

Well, I remember what you said about the content.

Graphic scenes, frontal nudity.

So what, you think I should have concerns now?

Not really. David's a little bit different.

How is David a bit different?

He just seems more like the loyal type.