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)
A Very Long Engagement (2004)
7.7/10
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Starring: Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Jean-Pierre Becker, Dominique Bettenfeld, Clovis...
In 1919, Mathilde (Audrey Tautou) was 19 years old. Two years earlier, her fiance Manech (Gaspard Ulliel) left for the front at the Somme. Like millio... Read more
Cabeza De Vaca (1993)
7/10
Director: Nicolas Echevarria
Starring: Juan Diego, Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Roberto Sosa
A visually spellbinding biography of the Spanish explorer Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, the sole survivor of a 16th century Spanish shipwreck off the co... Read more
The Girl on the Bridge (1998)
7.6/10
Director: Patrice Leconte
Starring: Vanessa Paradis, Daniel Auteuil, Demetre Georgalas
A mysterious knife-thrower (Daniel Auteuil) saves a young woman (Vanessa Paradis) from jumping off a bridge, and recruits her for his death defying ac... Read more
Samsara (2001)
7.8/10
Director: Pan Nalin
Starring: Christy Chung, Shawn Ku
Indian born filmmaker Pan Nalin makes his directorial debut with this sensual, elegant look at sex and spirituality. Tashi (Shawn Ku) is a brilliant y... Read more
Fellini's Roma (1972)
Director: Federico Fellini
Starring: Peter Gonzales, Britta Barnes, Pia De Doses
In this filmic salute to his beloved city, Fellini juxtaposes scenes of himself as an adult shooting a movie on the streets of Rome, with childhood me... Read more
A Chinese Torture Chamber Story (1994)
5.9/10
Director: Bosco Lam
Starring: Ewong Yueng, Lawrence Ng, Tommy Wong
"A corrupt judge protects his lecherous son from charges of murder by pinning the rap on virginal beauty Little Cabbage and a handsome scholar, with a... Read more
Christiane F (1981)
7.6/10
Director: Ulrich Edel
Starring: Natja Brunckhorst, Thomas Haustein, David Bowie
Powerful story of an alienated teen who falls into the degrading drug and prostitution scene of Berlin's Zoo station. Featuring the music of, and an a... Read more
Sex and Lucia (2001)
7.2/10
Director: Julio Medem
Starring: Paz Vega, Tristan Ulloa, Najwa Nimri, Daniel Freire, Elena Anaya, Javier Camara,...
Lucia is a young waitress who lives and works in Madrid. When she hears of the death of her long-time writer boyfriend Lorenzo, she seeks refuge on a... Read more
Dog Days (2001)
7.1/10
Director: Ulrich Seidl
Starring: Maria Hofstatter, Alfred Mrva, Erich Finsches
It's a stifling hot weekend in the suburbs of Vienna, somewhere between the autobahn and the exit roads, the hypermarkets and the new housing estates.... Read more
The Closet (2000)
7.4/10
Director: Francis Veber
Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Gerard Depardieu, Michel Aumont, Thierry Lhermitte
Hilarious farce from Francis Veber ('The Dinner Game') in which Daniel Auteuil, a boring accountant, is told that he's been fired from his job. As he'... Read more