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)
An Elephant Sitting Still (2018)
The first, and tragically only, film from Chinese novelist turned filmmaker Hu Bo is an ambitious and unforgettable film, reminiscent of the works of... Read more
Ema (2019)
6.8/10
Director: Pablo Larrain
Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal, Santiago Cabrera
A couple deals with the aftermath of an adoption that goes awry as their household falls apart. Read more
Rosa's Wedding (2020)
6.4/10
Director: Iciar Bollain
Starring: Candela Pena, Sergi Lopez
Rosa is about to turn 45 and realises that she's always lived her life to serve everyone else. So she decides to leave it all behind and take charge o... Read more
The Truth (2019)
6.5/10
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, Ethan Hawke, Ludivine Sagnier, Maya Sansa,...
A stormy reunion between scriptwriter Lumir with her famous mother and actress, Fabienne, against the backdrop of Fabienne's autobiographic book and h... Read more
To Chiara (2021)
Follows the story of 15-year-old Chiara whose close-knit family falls apart after her father abandons them in Calabria. Read more
Flaming Brothers (1987)
6.4/10
Director: Joe Cheung
Starring: Pat Ha, Chow Yun-Fat, Philip Chan, Emily Chu
Two brothers grow up poor on the streets of Macau involved in organised crime they soon rise to the top of their game, but one wants to go straight.... Read more
Koma (2004)
6.1/10
Director: Chi-Leung Law
Starring: Angelica Lee, Kar Yan Lam, Andy Chi-On Hui, Roy Chow, Raymond Wong
At a wedding reception Chi-ching walks in on a woman covered in blood crawling along the bathroom floor. Her kidneys have been removed, supposedly fo... Read more
Intervista (1987)
7.1/10
Director: Federico Fellini
Starring: Federico Fellini, Sergio Rubini, Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, etc ...
Apparently conceived as a tribute to the Cinecitta Studios in Rome, Fellini's beloved home base throughout his career, this 'mockumentary' is a magica... Read more
The Killing Machine (1975)
5.2/10
Director: Norifumi Suzuki
Starring: Sonny Chiba, Yutaka Nakajima, Kei Sato, Etsuko Shihomi
Following the end of World War II, former Japanese soldier and Shaolin martial arts master Doshin (Sonny Chiba) returns to Osaka after working as a sp... Read more
Mad Love: Twilight of a Woman's Soul (1913) / After Death (1915) / The Dying Swan (1916)
5.3/10
Director: Evgenii Bauer
The films of Russian cinema pioneer Evgenii Bauer were thought to be lost until the dying days of the Soviet regime when 20 of his 80 films were recov... Read more