https://youtu.be/Ri3tCHutsD0
Original Name: Alice Et Le Maire
English Name: Alice And The Mayor
Year: 2019
Run Time: 105'
Language: French
Type (Colour/ Black & White): Colour
Country: France
Director: Nicolas Pariser
Producer: Emmanuel Agneray
Cast: Fabrice Luchini, Anaïs Demoustier, Nora Hamzawi, Léonie Simaga, Antoine Reinartz
Screenplay: Caroline Steff, Nicolas Pariser
Cinematographer: Sebastien Buchmann
Editor: Christel Dewynter
Sound Designer: Daniel Sobrino
Music Composer: Benjamin Esdraffo
Costume Designer: Anne-Sophie Gledhil
Production Designer: Wouter Zoon
Production Company: Bizibi Productions
World Sales: BAC Films Distribution
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Festivals:
Cannes FF 2019
San Sebastián IFF 2019
Busan IFF 2019
Stockholm IFF 2019
Hamburg FF 2019
Selected Filmography:
2018 Alice And The Mayor
2015 The Great Game
2009 The Republic (Short)
2008 The Day Ségolène Won (Short)
Director’s Biography: Nicolas Pariser was born in Paris in 1974. After studying law, philosophy, art history and film, he became a film critic for the magazine Sofa. His debut short was, The Day Ségolène Won (2008). The following year, he directed his medium-length political film The Republic and won the Jean Vigo Award 2010. His debut feature The Great Game (2015), went to Locarno FF in the "Filmmakers of the Present" selection. Alice and the Mayor was selected in Cannes’ Directors Fortnight, and many other prestigious festivals.
Synopsis: The mayor of Lyon, Paul Théraneau, is in a bad state. He doesn't know what to do next. He has run out of ideas. After thirty years in politics, he feels empty. To solve this problem, his team decides to hire a brilliant young philosopher, Alice Heimann. a dialogue between Alice and the Mayor unfolds, bringing them together and shaking their certainties. Gradually, the inevitable question arises: are philosophy and political necessity compatible?