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Alice meets Sophie Marciano (Lihi Kornowski) randomly on a train. At first, Sophie is a fan who seems like she might want to get a selfie with Alice. But soon, Alice feels like she has to explain herself. Sophie, who is a film student, tells Alice that she has written her first screenplay and that Alice’s husband David (Gal Toren) would be perfect for it.
Since he has abs of steel and is wanted by most women, Alice doesn’t take it seriously until she goes home and finds out that her husband is considering the role. Things get more complicated when Alice thinks she might want to direct the film. And when the actress auditioning for the role opposite David is flummoxed, questions abound about what is really going on.
Ayelet Zurer, who portrays the title character of an erotic thriller director in the Apple TV+ show, describes her role as a phoenix, who burns everything down in order to create and rebuild.
REVIEW: Apple TV+’s hot new summer drama Losing Alice begins with an encounter not easily forgotten. Sure acclaimed film-maker Alice Ginor (Ayelet Zurer) was used to meeting fans of her work, but few this young, this passionate, this odd. “I wanted to study film because of
Three Quarter Moon,” Sophie Marciano (Lihi Kornowski) enthuses from the train seat across from her. “All the sex scenes moulded my sense of femininity, sexuality. I make all my prospective boyfriends re-enact the pasta scene.” Flattered and flabbergasted by this woman half her age’s boldness, Alice can’t help but be impressed by Sophie’s knowledge of her oeuvre, even if it has been years since she last made a feature. Instead, Alice now spends her time editing scripts, directing yoghurt commercials and raising three daughters with her movie star husband David (Gal Toren). Then there’s that script for her next film that she can’t quite complete.