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)
Indochine (1992)
7.1/10
Director: Regis Wargnier
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Perez, Linh Dan Pham
Set in 1930's French Indo-China this film studies the fascinating relation-ship between two women - a French mother and her adopted Indochinese daught... Read more
Kandahar (2001)
6.8/10
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Starring: Nelofer Pazira, Hassan Tantai, Sadou Teymouri, Hoyatala Hakimi
Nafas, a young Afghan journalist now living in Canada recieves a desperate letter from her sister in Afghanistan who intends to kill herself at the ne... Read more
Nobody Knows (2004)
8.1/10
Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Starring: Yuya Yagira, Ayu Kitaura, Hiei Kimura, Momoko Shimizu, Hanae Kim
Inspired by incredible true events, this is the story of 12-year-old Akira who one day finds a note from his mother saying she'll be gone for a while,... Read more
Bon Voyage (2003)
6.9/10
Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Starring: Isabelle Adjani, Gerard Depardieu, Virginie Ledoyen, Yvan Attal, Gregori Derange...
It is June 1940 and everyone who is anyone is hightailing it out of Paris to avoid the imminent Nazi occupation. Heading south, a motley group that in... Read more
Priceless (2006)
7/10
Director: Pierre Salvadori
Starring: Audrey Tautou, Gad Elmaleh
Irene (Audrey Tautou) is an old-fashioned gold-digger, seducing rich older men in return for dresses, trinkets and baubles. When she mistakes shy barm... Read more
Son of the Bride (2001)
7.9/10
Director: Juan Jose Campanella
Starring: Norma Aleandro, Hector Alterio, Ricardo Darin
After a middle-aged restaurateur suffers a heart attack, he takes stock of his life and re-examines his relationships with his bitter ex-wife, his est... Read more
36 Quai des Orfevres (2004)
7.6/10
Director: Olivier Marchal
Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, Andre Dussollier, Valeria Golino, Roschdy Zem
Two of France's most charismatic and enduring actors, Gerard Depardieu and Daniel Auteuil face off as cops competing for the same promotion, using all... Read more
The Italian (2005)
7.6/10
Director: Andrei Kravchuk
Starring: Kolya Spiridonov, Maria Kuznetsova, Nikolai Reutov
The film opens in a Dickensian orphanage in Russia, a fascinating miniature world presided over by a hierarchy of orphans. The daily routine is broken... Read more
The Apartment (1995)
8.3/10
Director: Gilles Mimouni
Starring: Vincent Cassel, Romane Bohringer, Monica Bellucci
A.k.a. "L'Appartement". Max (Vincent Cassel), the romantic protagonist is planning a marriage, investigating a murder, chasing after a lost love and g... Read more
L'Idole ( The Idol ) (2002)
6.6/10
Director: Samantha Lang
Starring: Leelee Sobieski, James Hong
Aka "The Idol". Leelee Sobieski plays Sarah, a young actress who moves into a rambling old apartment block peopled by an odd assortment of ageing and... Read more