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)
The Girl on the Bridge (1998)
7.6/10
Director: Patrice Leconte
Starring: Vanessa Paradis, Daniel Auteuil, Demetre Georgalas
A mysterious knife-thrower (Daniel Auteuil) saves a young woman (Vanessa Paradis) from jumping off a bridge, and recruits her for his death defying ac... Read more
The Golem (1920)
7.2/10
Director: Paul Wegener, Carl Boese
Starring: Paul Wegener, Albert Steinrueck, Ernst Deutsch, Lyda Salmonova
Directed, produced by and starring Paul Wegener, "Der Golem" is a masterpiece of early cinema. The story centres on a Jewish community threatened with... Read more
The Great Water (2004)
7.1/10
Director: Ivo Trajkov
Starring: Saso Kekenovski, Maja Stankovska, Mitko Apostolovski, Verica Nedeska, Risto Gogo...
A prominent Macedonian politician suffers a heart attack and drifting between life and death, his mind wanders to childhood. In a camp for children w... Read more
The Great Yokai War (2005)
6.5/10
Director: Takashi Miike
Starring: Chiaki Kuriyama, Hiroyuki Miyasako, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Bunta Sugawara, Kaho Minam...
An extravagant fun-filled fantasy the whole family can enjoy from the prolific and versatile Japanese director, Takashi Miike. Embracing and re-inter... Read more
The Grudge 2 (2003)
6.4/10
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Starring: Noriko Sakai, Chiharu Niyama, Kei Horie, Yui Ichikawa
A Tokyo house has been the site of many strange disappearances. Kyoko is a horror film actress who is invited by a film crew to investigate the 'haunt... Read more
The Heart of the Earth (2007)
6/10
Director: Antonio Cuadri
Starring: Catalina Sandino Moreno, Sienna Guillory, Philip Winchester, Bernard Hill, Joaqu...
Lavish historical epic begins with the brutal oppression of Spanish workers in the Rio Tinto coppermines in 1887. Owned by a British company, the mine... Read more
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
8.1/10
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Misa Uehara, Minoru Chiaki
Kurosawa takes the conventional Japanese period film and combines it with fairytale elements, the result is an energetic and brilliant farce. Toshiro... Read more
The High Crusade (1994)
5.1/10
Director: Roland Emmerich
Starring: John Rhys-Davies, Rick Overton
Roland Emmerich (Stargate, Independence Day, and Godzilla) brings you John Rhys-Davies in a Monty Pythonesque tale of a band of Crusaders who find the... Read more
The Holy Girl (La nina santa) (2004)
6.8/10
Director: Lucrecia Martel
Starring: Mercedes Moran
16-year-old Amalia looks to save the soul of a middle-aged doctor. Read more
The Holy Mountain (1926)
7.9/10
Director: Arnold Fanck
Starring: Leni Riefenstahl, Luis Trenker, Ernst Petersen
In director Arnold Fanck's breathtaking silent drama, considered by many to be the epitome of the German "mountain film" genre, Leni Riefenstahl plays... Read more