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)
Coach To Vienna (Blu-ray) (1966)
Director: Karel Kachyna
Starring: Iva Janzurová
A WW2 story of a young Austrian soldier running from the Russian army and a woman whom he forces to come along in order to save his wounded mate. Read more
Morgiana (Blu-ray) (1972)
7.2/10
Starring: Josef Abrham, Petr Cepek, Iva Janzurová
Klara and Viktoria are sisters. Their father dies, leaving most of his property to Klara. When Klara becomes involved with a man that her sister loves... Read more
Loving Couples (1964)
6.6/10
Director: Mai Zetterling
Starring: Harriet Andersson, Gunnel Lindblom, Eva Dahlbeck
Three expectant mothers think back over their sex lives. Read more
Fox and His Friends (1975)
7.8/10
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Starring: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Peter Chatel, Harry Bar
A down-and-out, down on his luck homosexual carnival worker wins the lottery and along with it, some new friends. Unfortunately, a charming, scheming... Read more
Gabbeh (1995)
7.1/10
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Starring: Shaghayegh Djodat, Hossein Moharami, Abbas Sayahi
A nomadic tribe in south-east Iran, on the verge of extinction and renowned for weaving gabbeh's, is the setting for this idyllic tale of the love bet... Read more
Kwaidan (1964)
8/10
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
Starring: Keiko Kishi, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kazuo Nakamura
Winner of the Special Jury Prize at Cannes, Masaki Kobayashi's 'Kwaidan' features four nightmarish tales adapted from Lafcadio Hearn's classic Japanes... Read more
Onibaba (1964)
8/10
Director: Kaneto Shindo
Starring: Nobuku Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Sato
An exotic and stylish tale of deceit and survival. A peasant mother and daughter lure soldiers away from their comrades and slay them for their armour... Read more
The Separation (1994)
7.5/10
Director: Christian Vincent
Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Isabelle Huppert, Jerome Deschamps
Isabelle Huppert and Daniel Auteuil are spellbinding in their roles as lovers who endure the darkest hours of a relationship-the separation. Internati... Read more
East / West (1999)
7.5/10
Director: Regis Wargnier
Starring: Sandrine Bonnaire, Catherine Deneuve, Oleg Menshikov, Sergei Bodrov Jr
In this Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Film, Russian emigres are invited to return home by Stalin following World War II. But when a doctor, h... Read more
Blackboards (2000)
7/10
Director: Samira Makhmalbaf
Starring: Bahman Ghobadi, Said Mohamadi, Behnaz Jafari
In the brutal mountains of the Iran/Iraq border, two nomadic teachers, Reeboir and Said, roam the landscape in search of pupils. They carry their blac... Read more