Alaska

Fausto, an Italian waiter in Paris, and Nadine, a French woman, cross paths in a sleek five star hotel and are drawn into a powerful bond they barely understand. Both carry fragility and a stubborn longing for happiness that feels just out of reach. Their relationship becomes a refuge, a way to imagine a different future, even as their own ambitions and fears pull them apart. He hustles for a break in a tough city, she pursues fulfillment beyond the ordinary. In a climate of longing and precarious choices, their connection tests loyalties, pride, and what they are willing to risk for love. Set against Paris's luminous nights, their affair becomes a mirror for a city that sometimes sells dreams.

Directed by Claudio Cupellini with a screenplay by Guido Iuculano and Filippo Gravino, Alaska is an original French Italian co production released in 2015, a collaboration that underlines Cupellini's sensibility. The cast is led by Elio Germano and Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey.

On IMDb the film sits around 6.75 out of 10 from a few hundred votes, signaling a mixed response. Alaska centers on fragile desire, the pull between love and ambition, and how two strangers improvise a fragile order in a city that never stops moving, testing their limits.

Box office figures for Alaska are not publicly disclosed, reflecting a limited release and a modest festival run in Europe. Some markets report only festival box openings, and there is no widely cited worldwide gross.