Video & On Demand - Fidelio, Alice's Journey (Online & DVD)

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Alice is a 30 year-old sailor, in love with Félix who waits for her ashore as she unexpectedly sets off as second mechanic on the Fidelio, an old freighter. On board, she discovers not only that she replaces a recently deceased mechanic, but also that the Captain is none other than her first great love, Gaël. In her cabin Alice comes across the diary of the former mechanic, and by reading its content –accounts of technical problems, sexual conquests and lovelorn emotions – she finds, oddly, that they echo her own journey. As the ship calls at various ports, Alice deals with life aboard with an all-male crew, the notion of desire in such an environment and the swings of her romantic feelings, while trying to stay the course.

Lucie Borleteau Director

Filmography Selected

Born in 1980, Lucie Borleteau studied film at the University Paris 8 - Saint Denis. She then worked as an assistant director for Lou Ye and Arnaud Desplechin, and contributed to the script of White Material by Claire Denis (2009). She then directed three medium-length films, Nievaliachka, la poupée qui ne tombe pas (2003), Les Voeux (2008) and La Grève des ventres (2012).

Fidelio: Alice’s Journey is her first feature film.

Medium-length films

Nievaliachka, la poupée qui ne tombe pas (2003)

Les Voeux (2008)

La Grève des ventres (2012)

Feature film

Fidelio: Alice’s Journey (Fidelio : l’odyssée d’Alice) (2014)