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)
A Chinese Ghost Story 2 (1990)
Director: Tony Ching Siu-Tung
Starring: Michelle Reis, Leslie Cheung, Joey Wong, Jacky Cheung
The mystic fantasy spectacular continues as four teenagers led by Leslie Cheung, find themselves in the middle of a nasty supernatural war between an... Read more
Le Guetteur 'The Lookout' (Blu-ray) (2012)
Director: Michele Placido
Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Mathieu Kassovitz, Olivier Gourmet
Chief Inspector Mattei and his team identifies bank robbers In Paris. They keep the group under surveillance and when they heist a bank, they are read... Read more
Le Chignon d'Olga (2002)
6.8/10
Director: Jerome Bonnell
Starring: Nathalie Boutefeu
A bereaved young man falls in love with a shop assistant he glimpses in a window and secretly tries to get to know her better. Read more
Summer Things (2002)
6.5/10
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Jacques Dutronc, Carole Bouquet
Two couple of friends, one very rich the other almost homeless, decides to go on Holiday. Julie, a single mother, joins them too. Once at seaside, it... Read more
Szindbad (1971)
Director: Zoltan Huszarik
An old man is recollecting all the women he met in his youth. An old woman wants them to commit suicide together but changes her mind. The little town... Read more
The Blue Umbrella (2005)
7.6/10
Director: Vishal Bharadwaj
Starring: Shriya Saran, Pankaj Kapur
Set in the idyllic region of Himachal Pradesh in India's northwest, this enchanting family film centres around Binya, a young girl who finds a blue um... Read more
There Was A Father (1942)
7.8/10
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Starring: Chishu Ryu, Shin Saburi
Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects. Read more
I Was Born, But... (1932)
7.2/10
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Two young brothers throw a tantrum when they discover that their father isn't the most important man in his workplace. Read more
The Student Comedies: (1929)
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Starring: Chishu Ryu
THE OZU COLLECTION THE STUDENT COMEDIES (2 DVD) Films by Yasujiro Ozu Master Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu (Tokyo Story) has been revered all ov... Read more
Me Two (2008)
5.7/10
Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Alain Chabat, Marina Fois, Francois Damiens
Ranu, a shy accountant, suddenly discovers a completely opposite personality living in his head: 80's singer Gilles Gabriel. Read more