π¬ Premise & Structure
Alice Ginor (Ayelet Zurer) is a 48-year-old former film director turned mother whose creative career has stalledA chance encounter on the train with Sophie (Lihi Kornowski), a charming, much younger screenwriter, sparks a dangerous obsession
The story is told in neo-noir style, using nonlinear timelinesβflashbacks, flashbacks, dream sequencesβentangled with mystery, eroticism, and power plays reminiscent of a Faustian fall.
π₯ Cast
Ayelet Zurer as Alice Ginor
Lihi Kornowski as Sophie
Gal Toren as Alice’s husband David
Shai Avivi, Chelli Goldenberg, Yossi Marshak in supporting roles
π Themes & Visual Style
Obsessions, Aging & Ambition: Alice is drawn to Sophie’s youth as a way to regain her lost creative power.
Power Dynamics in Female Relationships: The Story Plays Like a Feminist Horror Film with Blurred Moral Lines
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Home as a Character: Their upscale A-frame suburban home reflects Alice’s inner confinement between domesticity and desire
Critics: Slow pacing, overuse of stylistic flashbacks, and underdeveloped mystery weighed down on some viewers.
πΊ Endings & Endings
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A final twist reveals that it is Sophie’s true story, not Alice’s creation, leaving open emotional and moral questions
Critics noted the ending as evocative, although some found it unsatisfying or narratively abrupt.
