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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 Sky is Falling (2000)

6.6/10
Director: Andrea Frazzi, Antonio Frazzi
Starring: Isabella Rossellini, Jeroen Krabbe, Barbara Enrichi, Gianna Giachetti

Based on Lorenza Mazzetti's acclaimed novel inspired by her true life experiences in WWII Tuscany. Two recently orphaned girls come to live with thei... Read more

The Soft Skin (1964)

7.6/10
Director: Francois Truffaut
Starring: Jean Desailly, Francoise Dorleac

A.k.a. 'Silken Skin', 'La Peau Douce'. This carefully balanced mixture of comedy and melodrama has a middle-aged married man leaving his wife for an a... Read more

The Son's Room (2001)

7.4/10
Director: Nanni Moretti
Starring: Laura Morante, Nanni Moretti

This critically acclaimed family drama from director Nanni Moretti ('Caro Diario') won the Palme d'Or (Best Film) at Cannes. The film looks at how a c... Read more

The Spanish Apartment ( L'Auberge Espagnole ) (2002)

7.3/10
Director: Cedric Klapisch
Starring: Romain Duris, Cecile De France, Judith Godreche, Audrey Tautou

Aka "Pot Luck". From the director of "When the Cat's Away" comes this frothy romantic comedy in which Xavier, a French college senior, signs up for a... Read more

The Spider (Edderkoppen) (2000)

4.5/10
Starring: Jakob Cedergren, Stine Stengade, Lars Mikkelsen

A reporter is drawn into the dark side of post-war Copenhagen as he attempts to uncover a crime syndicate on an unprecedented level. In 1949, durin... Read more

The Stone Merchant (2006)

Director: Renzo Martinelli
Starring: Harvey Keitel, Jordi Molla, Jane March, F Murray Abraham

University professor, Alceo, teaches History of Terrorism, and draws from personal experience having lost both legs in the American Embassy bombing in... Read more

The Story Of Adele H. (1975)

7.4/10
Director: Francois Truffaut
Starring: Isabelle Adjani, Bruce Robinson, Sylvia Marriott, Joseph Blatchley, Ivry Gitlis

Based on a true story, Adele (Isabelle Adjani), daughter of French author and patriot Victor Hugo ('Les Miserables', 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame'), i... Read more

The Story of Marie and Julien (2003)

7/10
Director: Jacques Rivette
Starring: Emmanuelle Beart, Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Anne Brochet, Nicole Garcia

Marie (Emmanuelle Beart), a beautiful woman with a mysterious past, is reunited with Julien (Jerzy Radziwilowicz), a shy clockmaker she met one year e... Read more

The Story of My Life (2004)

6.8/10
Director: Laurent Tirard
Starring: Edouard Baer, Marie-Josee Croze, Clovis Cornillac, Alice Taglioni, Eric Berger

A thoroughly engaging romantic comedy with successful ghost writer Raphael having a head-on collision with his past as he is assigned the 'autobiograp... Read more

The Story of O (1975)

5.4/10
Director: Just Jaeckin
Starring: Udo Kier, Anthony Steel, Christiane Minazzoli, Corinne Clery

Banned in New Zealand for 25 years! O (Corinne Clery) is taken by her boyfriend Rene (Udo Kier) to a mysterious club where a group of submissive women... Read more