Drama
The denotative aspects of drama from Aristotle's "Poetics" include a story development with a beginning, middle and an end. In the more conventional sense, dramatic presentations include the portrayal of characters, settings, life situations and stories in the course of a theatrical performance. In theatre, drama usually takes on the scope of dealing with matters of a serious nature.
Drama is Alice's largest section and a treasure trove of great drama catering for every taste. The bulk of the "Drama" section (generally made since 1965 and include psychological dramas) is listed below, however you may also choose from the "Classic Drama" sub-section (generally made before 1965), in blue on left. Also helpful may be "Alices Playhouse", "True Stories" and "Shakespeare" features.
Right: Scene from Kubrick's beautifully mounted "Barry Lyndon"
In the Name Of The Land (Au nom de la terre) (2019)
6.6/10
Director: Edouard Bergeon
Starring: Guillaume Canet, Veerle Baetens
Pierre is 25 when he returns from Wyoming to his fiancée and take over the family farm. Twenty years later, the farm expanded and so did the family. Read more
In the Shadow of Women (2015)
6.4/10
Director: Philippe Garrel
Starring: Stanislas Merhar, Lena Paugam, Clotilde Courau
Aka 'L'ombre des femmes'. Pierre and Manon are a pair of poor documentary makers, who scrape by with odd jobs. When Pierre meets young trainee Elisabe... Read more
In the Valley of Elah (2007)
7.2/10
Director: Paul Haggis
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron, Jason Patric, Susan Sarandon, James Franco, Ba...
An engrossing anti-war mystery from writer/director Paul Haggis ('Crash') with Tommy Lee Jones as the father of a recently returned Iraq vet who seems... Read more
In Tranzit (2008)
5.8/10
Director: Tom Roberts
Starring: John Malkovich, Thomas Kretschmann, Vera Farmiga, Daniel Bruhl
In the chaotic aftermath of WWII, a group of German POWs are accidentally sent to a female-run Soviet prison camp. When the guards are given the task... Read more
In Your Hands (2004)
6.9/10
Director: Annette K Olesen
Starring: Ann Eleonora Jorgensen, Trine Dyrholm, Nicolaj Kopernikus Christiansen, Sonja Ri...
Set in a women's prison, this award-winning film is the 10th feature to be made adhering to the strict rules of the Dogme Manifesto, introduced by Lar... Read more
In Your Hands (2018)
6.3/10
Director: Ludovic Bernard
Starring: Lambert Wilson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Karidja Toure, Andre Marcon
A troubled young man gets the chance to show his talents by attending the National Conservatory of Music, but he soon feels out of place in this upper... Read more
Inch'Allah (2012)
6.9/10
Director: Anais Barbeau-Lavalette
Starring: Sabrina Ouazani, Evelyne Brochu, Sivan Levy, Yousef Sweid, Hammoudeh Alkarmi, Zo...
With friends in her Jerusalem neighbourhood and patients she tends to in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Canadian doctor Chloe (Evelyne Brochu) finds... Read more
Incitement (2019)
7/10
Director: Yaron Zilberman
Details the year leading to the assassination of Israel's Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin (1922-1995), from the point of view of the assassin. A psycho... Read more
Indignation (2016)
6.8/10
Director: James Schamus
Starring: Logan Lerman, Linda Emond, Sarah Gadon, Tracy Letts, Danny Burstein
Acclaimed screenwriter (The Ice Storm) and producer of some of the best American films of the last two decades (Lost in Translation, Brokeback Mountai... Read more
Indigo (2003)
4.9/10
Director: Stephen Simon
Starring: Neale Donald Walsh, Meghan McCandless
A film about loneliness, redemption, and the healing powers and grace of the new generation of Indigo (psychic and gifted) children being born into th... Read more