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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 Idiot (1951)

7.4/10
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Starring: Masayuki Mori, Toshiro Mifune, Setsuko Hara, Yoshiko Kuga, Takashi Shimura

Based on Dostoyevsky's classic novel of love and murder, adapted by Kurosawa himself, the story tells of Kameda, a former soldier whose wartime experi... Read more

The Intruder ( aka L'Intrus ) (2004)

7.8/10
Director: Claire Denis
Starring: Michel Subor, Gregoire Colin, Florence Loiret-Caille, Bambou , Katia Golubeva

Based on the short story by philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy, acclaimed director Claire Denis' visual exploration into the world of second chances and aband... Read more

The Isle (2001)

7/10
Director: Kim Ki-duk
Starring: Jung Suh, Kim Yoo-Seok, Park Sung-Hee

'The Isle' tells the tale of a beautiful woman living on an eerie, remote lake selling food to fisherman by day, and her body by night. When the woman... Read more

The Italian (2005)

7.6/10
Director: Andrei Kravchuk
Starring: Kolya Spiridonov, Maria Kuznetsova, Nikolai Reutov

The film opens in a Dickensian orphanage in Russia, a fascinating miniature world presided over by a hierarchy of orphans. The daily routine is broken... Read more

The Killing Machine (1975)

5.2/10
Director: Norifumi Suzuki
Starring: Sonny Chiba, Yutaka Nakajima, Kei Sato, Etsuko Shihomi

Following the end of World War II, former Japanese soldier and Shaolin martial arts master Doshin (Sonny Chiba) returns to Osaka after working as a sp... Read more

The Kitchen Brigade (2022)

Starring: Audrey Lamy, Francois Cluzet

Cathy is a sous-chef wanting to open a restaurant. With financial difficulties, Cathy accepts a job at a shelter for young migrants. At first she hate... Read more

The Lady is the Boss (1983)

Director: Liu Chia-Liang
Starring: Liu Chia-Liang, Kara Hui, Chia Hui Gordon Liu, Hsiao Hou

Veteran director Liu Chia-Liang plays a martial arts teacher whose old-fashioned ways threaten to close down his school. He calls his daughter back f... Read more

The Last Circus (2010)

6.6/10
Director: Alex De La Iglesia
Starring: Manuel Tallafe, Antonio de la Torre, Carlos Areces, Carolina Bang

Director Alex de la Iglesia presents this twisted tale of love and revenge set in a 1970s Spanish circus. Javier, a Sad Clown, finds work in a circus... Read more

The Last Kiss (2001)

7/10
Director: Gabriele Muccino
Starring: Stefano Accorsi, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Stefania Sandrelli

Aka "L'Ultimo Bacio". Carlo (Stefano Accorsi) and Giulia (Giovanna Mezzogiorno) are a couple in their late twenties who realise they've crossed the fi... Read more

The Last Metro (1980)

7.4/10
Director: Francois Truffaut
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu, Jean Poiret

Truffaut's poignant, compelling drama, set in Nazi-occupied Paris, unfolds in the Theatre Montmartre, as a group of actors rehearse. But everyone harb... Read more