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)
The Rules of the Game (La Regle du Jeu) (1939)
8.1/10
Director: Jean Renoir
Starring: Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, Jean Renoir, Mila Parely
AKA 'La Regle du Jeu'. One of the greatest films of all time, a satirical anatomy of polite bourgeois society, with a mixture of farce and black comed... Read more
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
7.1/10
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz, Patricia Clarkso...
Set in the titular Spanish city, Woody Allen's romantic drama features the new Allen favourite Scarlett Johansson and Rebecca Hall as American tourist... Read more
Au Petit Marguery (1997)
7/10
Director: Laurent Benegui
Starring: Stephane Audran, Michel Aumont, Alain Beigel
The restaurant Au Petit Marguery is a haven of friendship, a small paradise in Paris. Tonight a certain nostalgia fills the air. Tonight is closing ni... Read more
The Horseman On The Roof (1995)
7.1/10
Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Olivier Martinez, Pierre Arditi
Rousing and romantic costume drama, set in 1830s France, from director/co-scripter Jean-Paul Rappeneau follows two strangers, a handsome horseman and... Read more
La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
7.8/10
Director: Jacques Rivette
Starring: Emmanuelle Beart, Jane Birkin, Michel Piccoli
Aka 'The Beautiful Troublemaker'. The riveting story of the relationship between a once-famed artist and the young woman who inspires him to paint aft... Read more
The Best Man's Wedding (2000)
Director: Josef Fares
Starring: Fares Fares, Torkel Petersson, Tuva Novotny, Laleh Pourkarim
Aka "Jalla! Jalla!" Roro (Fares Fares) works as an attendant in a Stockholm park with his best friend Mans (Torkel Petersson) and dotes on his Swedish... Read more
Village of Dreams (1999)
7.1/10
Director: Yoichi Higashi
Starring: Keigo Matsuyama, Kyozo Nagatsuka, Mieko Harada, Shogo Matsuyama
An enchanting, blissful look at the magic and terror of childhood. Identical twin brothers, now successful artists, recall the summer of 1948 when the... Read more
Arabian Nights (1974)
6.8/10
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
The final part of Pasolini's 'Trilogy of Life' series, following 'The Decameron' and 'The Canterbury Tales', was two years in the making. The location... Read more
Empire of the Wolves (2005)
5.9/10
Director: Chris Nahon
Starring: Jean Reno, Jocelyn Quivrin, Arly Jover, Laura Morante, Philippe Bas
Jean Reno is a retired detective of questionable motive, called in to investigate the murder of three Turkish immigrants in Paris. Meanwhile the wife... Read more
Me and My Sister (2004)
6.4/10
Director: Alexandra Leclere
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Catherine Frot, Francois Berleand, Brigitte Catillon, Michel V...
The incomparable Isabelle Huppert is Martine, a controlling Parisian snob, trapped in a loveless marriage with everything she could want except happin... Read more