David Farnor | On 13, Jan 2021

New thriller Losing Alice arrives on Apple TV+ this January, and a new trailer gives us a first look at the series.

The series follows Alice (played by Ayelet Zurer), a 48-year-old female film director, who feels irrelevant since raising her family. After a brief encounter on the train, she becomes obsessed with a 24-year-old screenwriter femme fatale, Sophie (played by Lihi Kornowski), and eventually surrenders her moral integrity in order to achieve power, relevance and success. Through the prism of this female Faust, the series explores issues such as jealousy, guilt, fear of ageing, and the complex relationships women have among themselves and each other. But above all, Losing Alice is a love letter for the still-too-rare female director.

The series premieres on Apple TV+ on 22nd January. Here’s the trailer:

 

Apple picks up neo-noir thriller Losing Alice

2nd July 2020

Apple TV+ has picked up neo-noir series Losing Alice, following its online premiere at We Are One: A Global Film Festival.

The psychological thriller from creator, writer and director Sigal Avin, is set to join Apple TV+’s slate of sweeping international original series in a new co-production deal. Apple has partnered with Israel’s Dori Media productions in association with HOT on the project, which uses flashbacks and flash-forwards to take the viewer through the conscious and subconscious of its protagonist’s mind.

The series follows Alice (played by Ayelet Zurer), a 48-year-old female film director, who feels irrelevant since raising her family. After a brief encounter on the train, she becomes obsessed with a 24-year-old screenwriter femme fatale, Sophie (played by Lihi Kornowski), and eventually surrenders her moral integrity in order to achieve power, relevance and success. Through the prism of this female Faust, the series explores issues such as jealousy, guilt, fear of aging, and the complex relationships women have among themselves and each other. But above all, Losing Alice is a love letter for the still-too-rare female director.

It joins an expanding list of Apple Originals from all over the world, including the recently announced Tehran, a new original series from Israel created by Fauda writer Moshe Zonder, Masters of the Air, a new limited series executive produced by Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television, Slow Horses, an international espionage thriller starring Gary Oldman, Shantaram, starring Charlie Hunnam, Pachinko, based on The New York Times best-selling acclaimed novel by Min Jin Lee, and Suspicion, a high-paced thriller starring Uma Thurman and based on Israeli series False Flag.

Apple TV+ is available on the Apple TV app on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, iPod touch, Mac, select Samsung and LG smart TVs, Amazon Fire TV and Roku devices, as well as at tv.apple.com, and costs £4.99 a month.

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