Alice's House
Director: Chico Teixeira
Supplier: FiGa Films
Synopsis:Alice 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, her husband,
Lindomar, a taxi-driver, and their three sons, Lucas, Edinho, and
Junior.
At home, Dona Jacira takes care of the household chores. She
washes, irons, cooks, and cleans, while listening to her favorite
radio show. Carlinhos Abranches, the show’s host, seems to
alleviate the old woman’s loneliness, who realizes she is
gradually going blind.
Lucas, the eldest son and a conservative young man by nature, is
in the army and has ambitions of becoming a lieutenant, so that he
can imitate the authoritarian behavior of his superiors. In his
free time, he secretly makes extra money from the old men with
whom he spends time together.
Edinho, the middle son, is Dona Jacira ́s most affectionate
grandson, but even she is not spared from his need and compulsion
for a new pair of sneakers or a walkman.
Junior, 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 expect 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, 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.
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