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)
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
Rouge (1989)
5.8/10
Director: Stanley Kwan
Starring: Anita Mui, Leslie Cheung, Emily Chu, Man Tsz-Leung
This stunning film tells the story of a ghost's return to search for her long lost lover, leaping spontaneously between Hong Kong in 1934 and the pres... Read more
Raaz (2002)
6.5/10
Director: Vikram Bhatt
Starring: Dino Morea, Bipasha Basu, Malini Sharma, Shruti Ulfat
A Bollywood remake of 'What Lies Beneath' follows the crumbling marriage of Sanjana and Ditya as they try to make it work one more time. Returning to... Read more
Last Life in the Universe (2003)
7.6/10
Director: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Starring: Sinitta Boonyasak, Asano Tadanobu, Laila Boonyasak, Yutaka Matsushige, Riki Take...
A macabre, dead-pan comedy/drama chronicling the unlikely and all-too-brief romance that develops between two disparate loners. Kenji is a fastidious... Read more
The Emperor's Journey ( aka La Marche De L'Empereur ) (2005)
Director: Luc Jacquet
Starring: Narrated by, Romane Bohringer, Charles Berling, Jules Sitruk
Filmmaker Luc Jacquet's original French language version of his Academy Award-winning documentary, 'March of the Penguins'. Unlike the American releas... Read more
Dhamaal (2007)
7.1/10
Director: Indra Kumar
Starring: Sanjay Dutt, Aashish Chowdhry, Ritesh Deshmukh, Arshad Warsi, Javed Jaffrey, G A...
Four friends are putting all their resources into finding their cash cow. Unfortunately their resources don't add up to much, and minor con-jobs is a... Read more
Boystown (2007)
6.1/10
Director: Juan Flahn
Starring: Carlos Fuentes, Pablo Puyol, Concha Velasco, Pepon Nieto
Victor has a goal; he wants to turn the Chueca neighbourhood into a real estate paradise for hot-blooded gay couples. He'll do anything to make that h... Read more
Room in Rome (2010)
6.2/10
Director: Julio Medem
Starring: Enrico Lo Verso, Elena Anaya, Natasha Yarovenko
A sensual two-handed drama from Spanish writer-director Julio Medem ('Sex and Lucia'), 'Room in Rome' charts a one night stand that develops into some... Read more
Downfall (2005)
8.2/10
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Starring: Bruno Ganz, Thomas Kretschmann, Ulrich Matthers, Heino Ferch, Ulrich Noethen, Ju...
Bruno Ganz is rivetting as the mad dictator during his final days in the Berlin Bunker. But director Hirschbiegel understands that evil does not exis... Read more
Beanpole (Blu-ray) (2019)
7.1/10
Director: Kantemir Balagov
1945, Leningrad. WWII has devastated the city, demolishing its buildings and leaving its citizens in tatters, physically and mentally. Two young women... Read more