Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

1974 · 112 min · EN · PG · 7.0 (395 votes)
Dir. Martin Scorsese · Starring Ellen Burstyn, Alfred Lutter, Kris Kristofferson, Harvey Keitel, Diane Ladd, Lelia Goldoni · Music Richard LaSalle

A movie for everyone who has ever dreamed of a second chance.

DramaRomance

After her husband dies, Alice and her son, Tommy, leave their small New Mexico town for California, where Alice hopes to make a new life for herself as a singer. Money problems force them to settle in Arizona instead, where Alice takes a job as waitress in a small diner.

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A raw, honest look at a woman forging her own path. It feels like a warm, lived-in diner on a lonely highway, full of quiet strength and the bittersweet ache of starting over.

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