Alice Or The Last Escapade - 1977 - 7/10
AKA - Alice ou la Dernière Fugue
Alice Carroll walks out on her overbearing, preening, self centered husband.
The five minute intro featuring this grape munching prat will prove enough for any viewer.
Outside, rain pours in sheets, yet she hits the road heading - who knows where.
Her car breaks down, fortunately outside a manor house.
The elderly occupant and his butler make her comfortable for the night.
Next morning, things begin to slide. Faces, perceptions, even the narrow dirt lanes.
Walls rise, roads dead-end, and unanswered questions perplex Alice in a surreal labyrinth.
The worst element of this haze filled, dreamlike mystery is the intrusive score.
The composer hammers down any subtlety with deafening climaxes.
Blame Charbrol for tolerating this, and yet credit him for casting Sylvia Kristel as Alice after she previously starred in two Emmanuelle films.
