Fidelio: Alice's Odyssey
– Alice is a sailor. While her partner Félix waits for her on land, she sets off as second mechanic o..
Alice is a sailor. While her partner Félix waits for her on land, she sets off as second mechanic on the Fidelio, an old freighter. On board, she discovers not only that her predecessor has just died, but also that the skipper is none other than the first great love of her life. Alice finds a notebook in her cabin, apparently that of the former mechanic, and on reading its contents – accounts of mechanical problems, sexual conquests and lovelorn emotions – finds, oddly, that they mirror her own concerns. As they make stops at various ports, dealing with life aboard alongside an all-male crew and the swell and pitch of her romantic feelings, the young woman tries to stay on course.
24 Dec 2014
French, Romanian, English, Tagalog, Norwegian
Lucie Borleteau
Lucie Borleteau (scenario), Clara Bourreau (scenario), Mathilde Boisseleau (collaboration)
Ariane Labed, Melvil Poupaud, Anders Danielsen Lie, Pascal Tagnati
Thirty-year-old Alice's occupation is rather unusual for a woman : she works as an engineer on a freighter. She loves her job and does it competently but even in a greasy blue overall a woman will be a woman, with her heart, her desires and her seduction... In such conditions can an all-male crew really remain totally insensitive to her charms? A situation all the more complicated as not only does Alice leave her fiancé Felix behind but she also discovers on board the Fidélio that the captain is Gaël, her first love...
6 wins & 6 nominations.
$2,977
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