Alice
A younger man and a bolder woman
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12/25/1990Runtime
102 minsOverview
Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for a handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults herbalist Dr. Yang, who realizes that her problems are not related to her back, but in her mind and heart. Dr. Yang's magical herbs give Alice wondrous powers, taking her out of her well-established rut.
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EnglishBudget
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$7,331,839Homepage
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A magical-realist daydream about a dutiful housewife discovering desire and agency through impossible intervention. It's tender and funny in equal measure, mining both the comedy and pathos of a woman waking up to her own life.
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