Alice

Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for a handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults herbalist Dr. Yang, who realizes that her problems are not related to her back, but in her mind and heart. Dr. Yang's magical herbs give Alice wondrous powers, taking her out of her well-established rut.

• infidelity
• new york city
• husband wife relationship
• chinatown
• miracle
• saxophonist
• housewife
• deceived husband
• extramarital affair
• psychiatry
• invisible person
• lapsed catholic
• catholic guilt
• mother daughter estrangement
• herbal remedies
• magic potion
• ghost of loved one
• sisters relationship
• unfulfilled wife
• adulterous husband