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)
Princess From The Moon (1987)
6.3/10
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Ayako Wakao, Yasuko Sawaguchi
A poor bamboo cutter and his wife witness a mysterious light in the sky crashing into the nearby forest. Investigating the strange occurence, the bamb... Read more
Princesses (2006)
6.7/10
Director: Fernando Leon de Aranoa
Starring: Candela Pena, Micaela Nevarez, Mariana Cordero, Llum Barrera, Violeta Perez
A compassionate and sobering drama about two young prostitutes, from very different backgrounds, who work the streets of Madrid. Caye comes from a mi... Read more
Prisoner of the Mountains (1996)
7.6/10
Director: Sergei Bodrov
Starring: Oleg Menshikov, Sergei Bodrov Jr
This devastating drama, based loosely on Tolstoy's Prisoner of the Caucsus, tells of two Russian soldiers captured by Chechen rebels and held in an im... Read more
Project Wolf Hunting (2022)
6.1/10
Follows dangerous criminals on a cargo ship who are transported from the Philippines to South Korea, as they unleash a sinister force after an escape... Read more
Proxima (2019)
6.4/10
Director: Alice Winocour
Starring: Eva Green, Matt Dillon
An astronaut prepares for a one-year mission aboard the International Space Station. Read more
Pushing Hands (1991)
7.2/10
Director: Ang Lee
Starring: Sihung Lung
Master Chu, a retired Chinese Tai-Chi master, moves to Westchester, New York to live with his son Alex, his American daughter-in-law Martha, and their... Read more
Quai Des Orfevres (1947)
7.7/10
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Starring: Louis Jouvet, Simone Renant, Bernard Blier, Suzy Delair
Blacklisted for his daring "anti-French" masterpiece, 'Le Corbeau', Henri-Georges Clouzot returned to cinema with this provocative adaptation of autho... Read more
Queen Margot ( La Reine Margot ) (1994)
7.5/10
Director: Patrice Chereau
Starring: Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Vincent Perez, Jean-Hugues Anglade
An intelligent and moving epic based on a Dumas' novel of the events surrounding the notorious St Bartholemew's Day massacre in 16th Century France. T... Read more
Raaz (2002)
6.5/10
Director: Vikram Bhatt
Starring: Dino Morea, Bipasha Basu, Malini Sharma, Shruti Ulfat
A Bollywood remake of 'What Lies Beneath' follows the crumbling marriage of Sanjana and Ditya as they try to make it work one more time. Returning to... Read more
Radical Digital Cinema Volume 1: Egoshooter (2004) / Half the Rent (2002)
Director: Christian Becker, Oliver Schwabe, Marc Ottiker
Starring: Tom Schilling, Camilla Renschke, Max Timm, Lilia Lehner, Stephan Kampwirth, Dori...
Wim Wenders' Radical Digital Cinema project aims to support young filmmakers in exploring new avenues in filmmaking. Volume 1 includes: 'Egoshooter' -... Read more