An anonymous human tragedy that parades through the streets of Lisbon.
Alice disappeared. She was never seen again. Her father, Mario embarks on a daily insane quest, obsessively covering the streets of Lisbon, constantly scrutinizing images from surveillance cameras that might caught a glimpse of his lost daughter. However, his life and his wife, Luisa, is a suspended limbo from that day on... This film of Marco Martins is a black poem about the suffering of a father and a mother after the disappearance of their child. It is one of the great Portuguese movies for its human dimension, which is reflected in a script based on the two characters played by Nuno Lopes and Beatriz Batarda. Mario and Luisa respectively. The performance of both actors is excellent, especially him, who we follow thru the streets and alleys of the city. His palpable contained suffering holds the spectators that watch this magnificent composition of Nuno Lopes. The script written by Marco Martins is wonderful. No lame speeches. Another, forte of this film is the disturbing soundtrack of Bernardo Sassetti that perfectly captured and interpreted this constant search translated in music, an almost insane father in search for a new sign, a new opportunity to remake the moment that changed his life forever. At a time when the Portuguese cinema enlists more international prizes, as is the case of this film, it is worth always see or review this Alice.
