Alice Through the Looking Glass

Opening sequence follows a mother reading Through the Looking Glass to her daughter. She travels through the bedroom mirror into Looking-Glass Land and becomes Alice, though she remains an adult in this new world. The transition sets up the central premise of identity and adventure.

She discovers a book containing Jabberwocky written in mirror script, and sees chess pieces come to life around her. The garden fills with talking flowers as the dreamlike world presses in on reality. This marks her first steps into the rules of Looking-Glass Land.

In the garden the Red Queen reveals that the landscape is arranged like a gigantic chessboard. She explains that Alice must reach the eighth row to become a queen and change her fate. Alice becomes a pawn for the White Queen and boards a train toward the fourth row.

In a wood where things have no names, the Gnat explains the peculiar logic of this world and the creatures that inhabit it. He helps Alice understand how language and identity shift in Looking-Glass Land. On crossing the unnamed wood, she briefly forgets her own name but regains it on the other side.

Tweedledum and Tweedledee appear and recite The Walrus and the Carpenter for Alice. The Red King lies asleep under a tree as the pair prepare to fight their foe. Startled by a giant crow, they abandon their quarrel and flee.

The White Queen arrives and reveals her precognitive powers, guiding Alice forward into the fifth row by crossing a stream in a rowing boat. The Queen's powers seem to shape the journey, but she is at one point transformed into a Sheep, reshaping the dynamic of the crew.

Alice crosses into the sixth row and meets Humpty Dumpty on his unbirthday, who explains the concept of portmanteau words and playful language. He then falls from his wall, prompting the White King, his horses, and the king's men to come to his aid. The scene blends wordplay with peril as the boundary between fantasy and danger blurs.

Crossing into the seventh row, Alice is chased by the Red Knight who seeks to capture her. The White Knight intervenes, fending off the Red Knight and guiding her through a forest to the last stream. The White Knight recites Haddocks Eyes as they travel.

Alice steps across the final stream to enter the eighth row, her head crowned with a queen's crown. The Red and White Queens join her and engage in wordplay to set up a coronation party she hosts. The ceremony spirals into chaos, and Alice finally calms the Red Queen by shaking her to restore order.

Alice wakes up back at home with her daughter, Little Alice, suggesting the journey was a dream or a merging of reality and fantasy. The mother resembles the daughter and their shared moment hints at a deeper connection between their worlds. The film closes with a quiet reconciliation between memory and imagination.