

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore(1974)
A movie for everyone who has ever dreamed of a second chance.
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.

Movie: Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
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