Alice of Wonderland in Paris

François reveals a special cheese made by his company that contains the same enchanted mushroom Alice ate in Wonderland. When she consumes the cheese, she shrinks to the size of a rodent, allowing her to travel through Paris from a tiny perspective alongside François on his bicycle.

The film reveals that the dream works both ways: while Alice dreamed of visiting Paris and meeting Madeline, Madeline herself dreams of being Alice in Wonderland. This creates a cyclical meta-narrative where both characters reflect each other's desires and stories.

Alice begins the film dreaming of adventures with the storybook girl Madeline.

The Paris journey includes adaptations of five classic children's picture books: "Anatole," "Madeline and the Bad Hat," "The Frowning Prince," "Many Moons," and "Madeline and the Gypsies." Each vignette reimagines these tales with Parisian settings and whimsical twists.

François is a talking mouse who arrives in Alice's bedroom riding a bicycle to conduct a cheese survey about people's favorite cheeses. He invites Alice to join him in Paris, serving as her guide and narrator throughout the dream journey.

When Alice tells François she wants to accompany him to Paris, she notes that travel requires money she may not have. This creates a gentle tension in the dream between her desire to go and practical obstacles, which is resolved when the magical cheese enables the journey without real-world travel.

The film uses a dream-within-dream structure: Alice begins in her bedroom drifting into a daydream about Paris, then within that dream, François invites her to explore "a city-sized dream within the dream." The narrative also establishes at the end that Madeline dreams of being Alice, adding another layer to the cyclical fantasy.

The quote "Getting to Wonderland was easy – all I had to do was fall down the rabbit hole. But let’s face it – it takes money to get to Paris!" hints at the layered reality.

The closing revelation shows that Madeline dreams of becoming Alice from Wonderland, mirroring Alice's own journey. This meta-twist reframes both characters as each other's storybook aspirations, emphasizing themes of identity, storytelling, and the fluidity between dreamer and character.