Alice and the Mayor

May. 18,2019      
Rating:
6.4
Trailer Synopsis Cast

The mayor of Lyon, Paul Théraneau, is in a delicate position. After 30 years in politics, he is running out of ideas and is faced with a feeling of existential emptiness. To overcome this, Paul hires a young and brilliant philosopher, Alice Heimann. Then follows a dialogue between two diametrically opposed personalities who will turn their certainties upside down.

Fabrice Luchini as  Paul Theraneau
Anaïs Demoustier as  Alice Heimann
Nora Hamzawi as  Mélinda
Léonie Simaga as  Isabelle Leinsdorf
Antoine Reinartz as  Daniel
Maud Wyler as  Delphine
Alexandre Steiger as  Gauthier
Pascal Rénéric as  Xavier
Thomas Rortais as  Pierre
Thomas Chabrol as  Patrick Brac

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Reviews

CommentsXp
2019/05/18

Best movie ever!

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Gurlyndrobb
2019/05/19

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

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Hadrina
2019/05/20

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

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Geraldine
2019/05/21

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

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