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)
House On Fire (1986)
7/10
Director: Kinji Fukasaku
Starring: Ken Ogata, Mieko Harada
In the 50s, the complicated life of a popular writer who must share his life with his family, his numerous mistresses and his work. Adapted from autob... Read more
Together With You (2002)
7.3/10
Director: Kaige Chen
A violin prodigy and his father travel to Beijing, where the father seeks the means to his son's success while the son struggles to accept the path la... Read more
Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces (1990)
6.7/10
Director: Ferid Boughedir
Starring: Mustapha Adouani
A coming-of-age comedy/drama set in Tunisia. Twelve-year-old Noura is an impressionable boy who must learn to reconcile two conflicting worlds - the l... Read more
Passing Fancy (1933)
7.2/10
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Two Tokyo co-workers come across a destitute young lady in search of a place to live. Read more
One Missed Call (2003)
6.2/10
Director: Takashi Miike
Starring: Kou Shibasaki, Renji Ishibashi, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Kazue Fukiishi
From cult Japanese director Takashi Miike comes this typically stylish idiosyncratic horror-thriller. Yumi's friend has a missed call on her cell-pho... 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
Judex (DVD & Blu-ray Zone A) (1963)
7.1/10
Director: Georges Franju
Starring: Edith Scob, Sylva Koscina
Favraux, an unscrupulous banker, receives a threatening note, signed by "Judex", demanding that he pay back the people he has swindled. He refuses, an... Read more
Jackie Chan: My Stunts (1999)
7.6/10
Director: Jackie Chan
Starring: Jackie Chan, Ken Lo, Mars
A documentary where Jackie Chan and his stuntman team show you the secrets of some of the great stunts they do in films. The film also takes you on th... Read more
The Yellow Handkerchief (Blu-ray) (1977)
7.3/10
Director: Yoji Yamada
Starring: Ken Takakura, Kaori Momoi
Three complete strangers embark on a road-trip to Hokkaido. Read more
Roberto Succo (2001)
6.6/10
Director: Cedric Kahn
Starring: Stefano Cassetti, Patrick Dell'Isola
'Kurt' claims to be a sales rep. He also claims to be English in spite of his heavy Italian accent. Kurt is an habitual liar and a dangerous driver, a... Read more