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)
Room in Rome (2010)
6.2/10
Director: Julio Medem
Starring: Enrico Lo Verso, Elena Anaya, Natasha Yarovenko
A sensual two-handed drama from Spanish writer-director Julio Medem ('Sex and Lucia'), 'Room in Rome' charts a one night stand that develops into some... Read more
Rosa's Wedding (2020)
6.4/10
Director: Iciar Bollain
Starring: Candela Pena, Sergi Lopez
Rosa is about to turn 45 and realises that she's always lived her life to serve everyone else. So she decides to leave it all behind and take charge o... Read more
Rosenstrasse (2003)
6.8/10
Director: Margarethe von Trotta
Starring: Katja Riemann, Maria Schrader, Martin Feifel, Jurgen Vogel, Jutta Lampe
Drawing on the true events of Spring 1943 when hundreds of German women protested the incarceration of their Jewish husbands in the Jewish Welfare Off... Read more
Rouge (1989)
5.8/10
Director: Stanley Kwan
Starring: Anita Mui, Leslie Cheung, Emily Chu, Man Tsz-Leung
This stunning film tells the story of a ghost's return to search for her long lost lover, leaping spontaneously between Hong Kong in 1934 and the pres... Read more
Ruby and Quentin ( Tais-toi! ) (2003)
4.9/10
Director: Francis Veber
Starring: Jean Reno, Gerard Depardieu
Ruby (Jean Reno) has only one thing on his mind: to avenge the death of the woman he loved at the hand of a criminal. Quentin (Gerard Depardieu) has v... Read more
Run Lola Run ( Blu-ray ) (1998)
7.7/10
Director: Tom Tykwer
Starring: Herbert Knaup, Moritz Bleibtreu, Franka Potente
Time is running out for Lola. She's just received a frantic phonecall from her boyfriend, who's lost a small fortune in cash belonging to his Mob boss... Read more
Russian Ark (2002)
7.4/10
Director: Alexander Sokurov
Starring: Sergei Dreiden, Maria Kuznetsova, Leonid Mozgovoy
Director Alexander Sokurov's ("Mother and Son") audacious cinematic tour-de-force follows an unseen narrator who magically finds himself transported t... Read more
Russian Dolls (2005)
7/10
Director: Cedric Klapisch
Starring: Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Cecile De France, Kelly Reilly, Kevin Bishop
Set five years after 'The Spanish Apartment', friends Xavier (Romain Duris), William (Kevin Bishop), Wendy (Kelly Reilly), Martine (Audrey Tatou) and... Read more
Saathi (1967)
6.6/10
Director: Sridhar
Starring: Rajendra Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar, Vyjayanthimala
Raj, Simi and Vyjayantimala grew up together. Simi is in love with Raj, but he doesn't realise and marries Vy. When Vy gets ill she runs away not wa... Read more
Salamander (2012)
7.6/10
A police inspector investigates the robbery of 66 safe deposit boxes at a private bank in Brussels. Read more