Summary48-year-old film director Alice (Ayelet Zurer) becomes obsessed with 24-year-old screenwriter Sophie (played by Lihi Kornowski) in this psychological thriller written by Sigal Avin.
Summary48-year-old film director Alice (Ayelet Zurer) becomes obsessed with 24-year-old screenwriter Sophie (played by Lihi Kornowski) in this psychological thriller written by Sigal Avin.
Anchored by a couple of tremendous performances, “Losing Alice” can take an evocative color palette, a well-placed camera, and a few gentle moves to unlock some genuine uncertainty and anxiety. Watching this show is watching a handful of characters try to keep a grasp on their own story. There’s a real potency in seeing that not even they know when they’re successful or not.
Losing Alice, besides being a seductively-paced drama you may have trouble shutting off, is also a backdoor commentary on women who disappear from the entertainment business around middle age, both in front of the camera and behind it.
Losing Alice is setting up to be an interesting erotic thriller. But, more than most shows, it hinges on its main character. And Ayelet Zurer absolutely hits the right notes as Alice.
At a certain point, “Losing Alice” tips over into puzzle to be solved rather than narrative to be experienced, and that choice does the series a disservice. “I’m interested in shocking,” Sophie spits to Alice during one of their fights, but “Losing Alice” should have strived for more than just cheap thrills.