Alice's House (A Casa de Alice)
Available Now
On DVD
- Synopsis
- The personal and romantic peccadilloes of a Brazilian household come to light in this melodrama. Alice (Carla Ribas) works in a beauty salon and tries to keep her house in order with the help of her mother (Berta Zemel), though with four men in the ......
- Read Full Synopsis
- Starring
- Carla Ribas, Vinicius Zinn, Ricardo Vilaca, Felipe Massuia, Berta Zemel
- Director(s)
- Chico Teixeira
- Distributor(s)
- FiGa Films
- MPAA Rating
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 94 min.
Critic Reviews
The New York Times | Jeannette CatsoulisAdd Critic to Favorites
Chico Teixeira’s languid, libidinous Alice’s House is the best argument against marriage and motherhood to appear in many a year.Read the full review
San Francisco Chronicle | David WiegandAdd Critic to Favorites
Teixeira elicits extraordinary performances from his entire cast.Read the full review
Los Angeles Times | Carina ChocanoAdd Critic to Favorites
What Teixeira has set out to do, and accomplished brilliantly, is to find drama and pathos in the mundane details, thoughtless betrayals and casual cruelties. What lingers after watching Alice's House are not the moments of conflict but the inexorable rhythms of daily life.Read the full review
Want More Alice's House (A Casa de Alice)?
Watch Free Movies Online
SlashControl
Couch potatoes, rejoice! Choose from a library of 1000s of free movies and watch them online, anytime -- all at the brand-new SlashControl.
Watch Free Movies and TV Shows Online
Plus, check out:
Headlines
-
Brazilian helmers on the horizon
05/15/08 A new crop of Brazilian directors is making its presence known as the country reasserts its primacy, along with Mexico, as one of Latin America's premiere talent pools for the film biz. | Variety