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)
Samurai Saga (1959)
7.1/10
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Yoko Tsukasa, Akira Takarada, Keiko Awaji, Seizaburo Kawazu
Cyrano de Bergerac is given the Japanese Samurai treatment with the legendary Toshiro Mifune as the large-nosed warrior with a poet's heart. He is ut... Read more
Confession of Pain (2006)
6.6/10
Director: Andrew Lau Wai Keung, Alan Mak Siu Fai
Starring: Tony Leung (Chiu Wai), Takeshi Kaneshiro, Shu Qi, Jinglei Xu, Chapman To, Yueh H...
Tony Leung plays world-weary detective Hei, who, following the brutal murder of his father-in-law, enlists the help of his former partner-turned-priva... Read more
Oh, Woe Is Me ( aka Helas Pour Moi ) (1993)
6.4/10
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Laurence Masliah, Bernard Verley, Jean Louis Loca
Director Jean-Luc Godard's story of journalist Abraham Klimt's investigation into a case of divine possession. Godard takes his cue from the Greek myt... Read more
Gisaku (2005)
5.7/10
Director: Baltasar Pedrosa
A spell transports a 17th century samurai to modern day Spain, in this entertaining animated action-fantasy. Waking centuries from his home, Yohei is... Read more
The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
8.1/10
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Takeshi Kato, Masayuki Mori
Reflecting his fondness for American crime films and motifs this stylish Akira Kurosawa thriller stars Toshiro Mifune and delves into corporate corrup... Read more
De Gaulle (2020)
6/10
Director: Gabriel Le Bomin
Starring: Lambert Wilson, Isabelle Carre, Olivier Gourmet, Catherine Mouchet, Sophie Quint...
Paris, June 1940. The de Gaulle couple is confronted with the military and political collapse of France. Charles de Gaulle joins London while Yvonne,... Read more
How To Be A Good Wife (2020)
Director: Martin Provost
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Yolande Moreau, Noemie Lvovsky, Edouard Baer, Francois Berlean...
Paulette and her husband have been running a housekeeping school. After the sudden death of her husband, Paulette discovers that the school is on the... Read more
Both Sides Of The Blade (2022)
Director: Claire Denis
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Vincent Lindon, Gregoire Colin, Bulle Ogier, Alice Houri
A love triangle story about a woman caught between two men, her long-time partner and his best friend, her former lover. Read more
Escape From Mogadishu (2021)
7/10
Starring: Zo In-Sung
In 1991 war-torn Somalia the personnel and the families of both the South Korean and the North Korean embassies have the same goal: to escape from Mog... Read more
Would I Lie To You? / Would I Lie To You, Again? (1997)
Director: Thomas Gilou
Starring: Richard Anconina, Vincent Elbaz, Bruno Solo
'Would I Lie To You?' Jobless, broke and down and out in Paris, Eddie Vuibert (Richard Anconina) is going nowhere fast. After a local fabric-seller co... Read more