Losing Alice (לאבד את אליס)

"ART IS A GUARANTY OF SANITY" LOUISE BOURGEOIS

I'll send someone up there right away. Yes.

Oh.

And how may I help you?

My father's staying here. I wanted to surprise him.

What is your father's name?

Amir Ben-Dor. It's his birthday.

Oh, you're Amir's daughter?

Uh, just let me see here. He-- Ah, he's just gone out.

So maybe you'd like to wait for him in the lobby

until he returns. -I'd like to wait in his room, okay?

Oh, I can't-- I can't let you do that right now.

I mean, not without getting his permission--

Well, then how about if you call and ask my father?

Please?

I think I have his number here.

Uh, and your name is?

Dana.

Hi, Mr. Ben-Dor?

It seems there is a young lady to see you here in the hotel lobby.

And she says that...

Okay.

He's in room number 209.

Best of luck.

And what I'm trying to say is that--

Just a few degrees warmer today, with more of the same for tomorrow.

There's still a large group of wild boars roaming in the north,

mainly around Haifa and into the Carmel region.

Alice Ginor, right?

Yes.

I was sure it was you.

I've been following you forever because...

you're an amazing filmmaker.

Thanks.

I wanted to study filmmaking because of you.

I analyzed Three-Quarter Moon to death.

Yeah, really, um-- You've been such a major inspiration.

Wow. Thanks. That's wonderful.

I think the portrayal of Ruth...

and all of the sex scenes in Three-Quarter Moon

really shaped my conception

of... how can I put it?

Sexuality, femininity.

Until I saw your film I didn't realize

a woman could behave that way or that she'd be allowed to.

There was a time when I would bring guys home

just to act out that scene with the pasta.

Oh. Okay.

Oh, TMI.

Sorry.

No, it's fine.

It's because I'm really excited to meet you.

I don't want to intrude here, but...

I'm dying to know if what happened in the movie was real

or if it was all make-believe?

Why would it matter?

I don't know. Um...

Everything starts with a truthful element.

And...

some of those things happened,

and some are what, uh, could've possibly happened to me.

The person I could have become.

Like when you try on something in a shop

that you know you'll never wear because it's not you,

but you go ahead and get it anyway 'cause it's who you really want to be.

But then after a while you find yourself trying on

one of those bizarre things you bought on a whim...

but somehow it turns out it really is you.

The fantasy can blend with reality without you being aware.

What's your name?

Sophie Marciano.

Named for my grandma like you.

Only mine was Moroccan and yours was British, if I'm not mistaken?

Wow.

Yeah. I know a lot.

Only the good things, I hope.

I'm curious now about the bad.

It has been a while since the bad.

It's the bad ones you should never give up.

I'm in a different phase now. Family and all.

I've been wondering where you went.

I've been teaching mostly, and...

I edit some scripts and I do some, uh, commercial directing.

Mm.

And in between, I'm working on my screenplay.

It's almost done.

Oh, listen, I think I'm gonna pee in my pants.

There's a bathroom in this car, but the door won't really close.

Will you please watch the door for me?

Um, uh...

Okay.

Why not?

Thank you.

I just finished writing the screenplay for my first film.

Ah. Good for you.

My dream is for your husband to star in it.

Yeah, he--

He's perfect for it. Like, exactly.

Well, then you should, um, send it 'cause if he's in between projects,

he still does stuff like that.

Yeah, we already sent him the script

and apparently it blew him away.

Which is pretty awesome, right? That it blew him away.

Do you happen to have a tampon?

Um...

I'll take a look.

No.

The next stop is Binyamina.

Sophie, this is my station.

Change at this station for trains to the airport.

Please exit using doors on both sides of the train.

I need to get off, so can you manage?

I'm letting go.

I think that's him. He's so hot.

Wasn't he in that movie?

He's married.

Yeah. He's so hot.

I feel like going in there,

getting down on my knees, and giving him a blow job.

So would you like me to put away your suit?

Thank you.

Your stylist said that she had to go next door to get some new shoes

to match your suit, okay?

Okay.

She mentioned it's for your premiere tomorrow, right?

Yeah.

And you'll be returning this the day after, right?

Well, someone will, yeah.

I had a dream about you.

Really?

The dream was bizarre.

I was in the supermarket and you were right there.

Not so bizarre.

I'll be out in a second, okay?

Is it good?

Shall I bring you something to eat, Ibrahim?

No, thank you. -Really? If you want some it's delicious.

- Who's here?

Hi. - How are you, ma'am?

Hi. -Hi, hi.

Ta-da.

I want the one with the candies. -

I want the blue one. -Blue?

I want this one. -Okay.

Can I have two?

Hold on. - Mommy, what about me?

Mm. -

How is it?

It's so good. -Can I try it? Looks good.

Alice, darling, they just had dessert.

In fact dinner was one big dessert. Nothing but carbohydrates.

Hey, that's mine! -I put a new shopping list on the fridge.

Mm? Thanks, Tammy.

You're out of hair conditioner. And you're almost out of toilet paper.

I used up the toilet paper.

I put the laundry in the dryer

and somehow I managed to make soup out of your leftovers.

How was your presentation?

I don't think they liked my ideas this time.

That's all right.

You really don't need to be doing those commercials now.

The girls won't be little forever, you know.

Hmm? -Grandma, have one.

No, dear. My life is better without them right now.

What are you doing with it?

You'll see, one day the fat comes on...

and stays on.

What do you think?

I'm not sure about it.

-This time she went for something new.

Your stylist?

If you'd come, I wouldn't need a stylist. Hmm?

Tell me, did you get a new script from a student?

What student?

I just met a student on a train who mentioned

that she sent you a script that blew you away.

Who was it?

Sophie something.

Sophie Marciano?

I heard she had zero training.

I'm told she never studied and wrote her script using a how-to manual.

Now Lifshitz is producing it with two coproducers from overseas.

They're pouring tons of cash into it.

Wow.

So I hear.

The plot?

It's different.

I'm not sure how to describe the mood of it.

It's about two girlfriends.

One begins having a kind of sadomasochistic hookup

with the other's dad.

The plot moves ahead until someone dies. And, uh, it's--

It's kind of perverted.

It's very real.

It's the type of material...

that you go for.

Then why aren't you doing it? Hmm?

Who said I wasn't?

I'm meeting Hilik tomorrow.

Oh. That's what Hilik is directing.