Foreign Language Films
Possibly Alice's strongest collection are the Foreign Language Films. Here you can totally immerse yourself in a veritable feast of titles from around the globe. We have divided this section into regional categories. There are many great films to be discovered within and they make for a preferred alternative to the steady input of Hollywood fodder that generally permeates our screens.
Right: The wonderful "Manon Des Sources" ("Jean de Florette" Part 2)
Tokyo Drifter (1966)
7.3/10
Director: Seijun Suzuki
Starring: Tetsuya Watari, Hideaki Nitani, Chieko Matsubara
This prime slice of Japanese pulp fiction has Tetsu, a yakuza trying to go straight, roaming the land in his pastel blue suit via a succession of colo... Read more
Tomie (1999)
5.3/10
Director: Ataru Oikawa
Starring: Miho Kanno, Yoriko Douguchi, Tomoroh Taguchi, Mami Nakamura
After a past trauma a young girl is trying to recover her memories with the aid of a psychiatrist and the name 'Tomie' keeps cropping up. Meanwhile a... Read more
Tomie: Rebirth (2001)
5.3/10
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Starring: Miki Sakai, Kumiko Endo, Masaya Kikawada, Satoshi Tsumabuki
She's at it again! In this third installment of the series, based on the popular manga by Junji Ito, Tomie is modelling for an art student. Naturally... Read more
Tomie: Replay (2000)
5.5/10
Director: Fujiro Mitsuishi
Starring: Yosuke Kubozuka, Sayaka Yamaguchi, Mai Houshou
This sequel to the popular 1999 film sees Tomie now regenerating herself inside a young girl. When doctors operate, Tomie is released upon the world o... Read more
Tony Takitani (2004)
7.4/10
Director: Jun Ichikawa
Starring: Issey Ogata, Rie Miyazawa
Tony Takitani is lonely. Since he was kid, bullied for his 'western' name and neglected by his jazz musician father, Tony has been apart from the res... Read more
Travellers and Magicians (2003)
Director: Khyentse Norbu
Starring: Tshe Wang Dendup, Lhakpa Dorji, Sonam Kinga, Sonam Lhamo, Deki Yangzom
Dondup is sick of life in his small Himalayan village and is determined to make a go of it in the US. On the trek to the airport Dondup meets up with... Read more
Triple Agent (2004)
6.4/10
Director: Eric Rohmer
Starring: Serge Renko, Katerina Didaskalou
Loosely based on a true story, this sublime drama from director Eric Rohmer follows the complex marriage between a Greek painter and her White Russian... Read more
Tristana (1970)
7.6/10
Director: Luis Bunuel
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Fernando Rey, Franco Nero
Toledo, Spain, 1923. Tristana, a young woman aged 18, has just lost her mother and is taken in by Don Lope, an impoverished aristocrat known as a free... Read more
Troll Hunter (2010)
Director: André Øvredal
Starring: Otto Jespersen
A group of students investigates a series of mysterious bear killings, but learns that there are much more dangerous things going on. They start to fo... Read more
Trop Belle Pour Toi ( Too Beautiful For You ) (1989)
6.7/10
Director: Bertrand Blier
Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Josiane Balasko, Carole Bouquet
Gerard Depardieu is the star of this highly praised comedy, as a wealthy bourgeois businessman with an incredibly beautiful wife, (Carole Boquet) who... Read more