Alice in the Cities

«Philip Winter is a Munich journalist who finds unable to book a flight back from the US to the Federal Republic of Germany because of a strike by the airline staff, he ends up spending his remaining 300 dollars on a ticket to Amsterdam. At the airport, he meets Lisa and her nine-year-old daughter Alice. They too want to fly to Amsterdam. He spends a night in Lisa's flat. Lisa has to cancel her flight and asks him to take Alice with him, saying that she will follow shortly. Philip and Alice are compelled to get on together.»