Alice or the Last Escapade

Alice or the Last Escapade is a dark 1977 French fantasy film loosely adapted from Lewis Carroll's Alice. Claude Chabrol directs. Alice is a woman who leaves her husband and then has some interesting experiences. This is an unsettling film. What is "out there" if we leave the familiar? The ending is no surprise, but that doesn't take anything away from my enjoyment.

a quote from early in the film:

"The real dangers are never those we imagine and never turn up in the places we expect them. You know that, don't you?"

That is certainly a frightening comment.

via youtube (there's some full frontal female nudity as part of a scene where Alice prepares for a bath):



The Spinning Image says it's "Interesting for a director operating outside of his comfort zone". TCM has an overview.

I watched this as part of the Once Upon a Time Challenge Quest On Screen.