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)
L'Humanite (Blu-ray) (1999)
6.8/10
Director: Bruno Dumont
Starring: Emmanuel Schotte, Severine Caneele
When an 11-year-old girl is brutally raped and murdered in a quiet French village, a police detective who has forgotten how to feel emotions--because... Read more
Equinox Flower (1958)
7.8/10
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Starring: Shin Saburi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiko Kuga, Keiji Sada, Teiji Takahashi
A businessman clashes with his elder daughter over her choice of a husband. Read more
Late Autumn (1960)
8/10
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Starring: Setsuko Hara, Yoko Tsukasa, Keiji Sada, Chishu Ryu, Shin Saburi
A widow tries to marry off her daughter with the help of her late husband's three friends. Read more
Early Spring (1956)
7.8/10
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Starring: Chikage Awashima, Teiji Takahashi, Keiko Kishi, Chishu Ryu
A young man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital romance. Read more
Evolution (Blu-ray & DVD) (2015)
6.1/10
Director: Lucile Hadzihalilovic
Starring: Roxane Duran
The only residents of young Nicholas' sea-side town are women and boys. When he sees a corpse in the ocean one day, he begins to question his existenc... Read more
Goal Of The Dead (2014)
5.5/10
Director: Benjamin Rocher
A professional football team arrives at their lowly rivals stadium to find a zombie apocalypse has turned the hostile fans into rabid undead hooligans... Read more
Not Here to Be Loved (Je ne suis pas là pour être aimé) (2005)
7.1/10
Director: Stephane Brize
Starring: Patrick Chesnais, Anne Consigny, Georges Wilson, Lionel Abelanski, Genevieve Mni...
The (love) life of a man fed up with his work and life routine changes when he enlists into a tango dancing course. Read more
Foreign Land (terra estrangeira) (1995)
4.9/10
Director: Walter Salles
Starring: Fernanda Torres, Tcheky Karyo
After the death of his mother, a young Brazilian decides to leave his country and travel to his mother's native land. In a foreign land, he finds love... Read more
comment j'ai tue mon pere (2001)
Director: Anne Fontaine
Starring: Michel Bouquet, Charles Berling, Natacha Regnier, Amira Casar, Hubert Kounde, Ka...
When his long-time disappeared father is entering his life again, Jean-Luc, a successful doctor, has no option but to face his own life story. Will he... Read more
Red Angel (Blu-ray) (1966)
7.8/10
Starring: Ayako Wakao
During the Sino-Japanese War, a young army nurse gives sympathy to her patients and falls in love with an impotent doctor who's addicted to morphine. Read more