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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)

Suicide Club (2002)

6.6/10
Director: Sion Sono
Starring: Ryo Ishibashi, Masatoshi Nagase

A Japanese detective investigating the mass deaths of 54 female high school students who threw themselves in front of a speeding train uncovers a seri... Read more

Bombon (2004)

7.1/10
Director: Carlos Sorin
Starring: Juan Villegas, Walter Donado, Gregorio the Dog

52-year-old Patagonian Juan 'Coco' Villegas has been a petrol attendant for 20 years when he suddenly finds himself unemployed. He does odd jobs and... Read more

Millennium Actress (2001)

7.9/10
Director: Satoshi Kon

As an old movie studio is torn down, documentary filmmaker Genya tracks down its brightest star, Chiyoko Fujiwara, now an aging recluse. Together wit... Read more

The Red Shoes (2005)

5.9/10
Director: Young-jun Kim
Starring: Hye-su Kim, Seong-su Kim, Yeon-ah Park, Su-heui Go, Ha-rim Seo

Sun-Jae (Hye-su Kim) discovers her husband has been cheating on her and leaves him, moving into a dilapidated building with her young daughter. When... Read more

Dhoka (2007)

4.1/10
Director: Pooja Bhatt
Starring: Muzammil Ibrahim, Tulip Joshi, Aushima Sawhney

A searing look at the marginalisation of Muslims in India that sometimes leads, in this case, to radical elements taking events into their own hands.... Read more

Gandhi My Father (2007)

7.4/10
Director: Feroz Abbas Khan
Starring: Darshan Jariwala, Akshaye Khanna, Bhumika Chawla, Shefali Shah

Based on the biography of Gandhi's son, Harilal, and tracing the tumultuous relationship he had with his internationally renowned father. A thoughtfu... Read more

Any Way The Wind Blows (2003)

7.2/10
Director: Tom Barman
Starring: Diane De Belder, Frank Vercuyssen, Tom Barman

Belgian musician Tom Barman, founder of the rock band dEUS, has made a wild, ambitious debut that draws its influences from sources as varied as Woody... Read more

Ex Drummer (2007)

7/10
Director: Koen Mortier
Starring: Dries Van Hegen, Norman Baert, Gunter Lamoot, Sam Louwyck

Blood-spattered, darkly comic, punk rock shocker from Belgium. When well-known writer Dries is approached by a punk band to be their drummer, there is... Read more

Ilo Ilo (2013)

7.3/10

In 90s Singapore, the friendship between Filipino nursemaid Teresa and her young charge Jiale makes waves in a family, while the Asian recession hits... Read more

One Missed Call (blu-ray) (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