Alphaville is a totalitarian society millions of light years away from our planet, ruled by an electronic Alpha brain. It was created by Professor Nosferatu, who escaped from Earth and hides here under the name von Braun.

On Earth they fear an alien invasion, so private detective Lemmy Koshen is given a mission - to bring back or kill the professor. Upon arriving, Lemmy falls in love with his daughter Natasha.....

Albert Brooks' debut movie, which is a caustic satire on such a well-known phenomenon as “Reality TV”. The jokes for the movie are taken from the show Saturday Night Live.

John Genderson, a middle-aged fiction writer, comes to live with his mother after two failed attempts to start a family. Immersed in himself, the protagonist returns home to find out why his mother never appreciated him. John hopes that by finding out the reason and establishing a relationship with his mother, he will learn to get along with other women as well.

But soon he realizes that he himself never really appreciated her. Gradually there are changes in their relationship, affecting not only the writer, but also his younger brother Jeff. At the heart of this profound story is wisdom allied with bittersweet humor.