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)
Holiday (Blu-Ray) (2018)
5.7/10
A love triangle featuring the trophy girlfriend of a petty drug lord, caught up in a web of luxury and violence in a modern dark gangster tale set in... Read more
The Young Karl Marx (aka Der Junge Karl Marx) (2017)
6.6/10
Director: Raoul Peck
Starring: August Diehl, Vicky Krieps
The early years of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and Jenny Marx, between Paris, Brussels and London. Read more
The County (2019)
7.6/10
Director: Grimur Hakonarson
A widowed farmer begins a new life on her own terms by fighting against corruption and injustice in her community. Read more
Troll Hunter (2010)
Director: André Øvredal
Starring: Otto Jespersen
A group of students investigates a series of mysterious bear killings, but learns that there are much more dangerous things going on. They start to fo... Read more
Fists In The Pocket (1965)
8/10
Director: Marco Bellocchio
Starring: Paola Pitagora, Marino Mase, Lou Castel
In a rambling villa near a small Italian town, a blind widow lives with her four children - Augusto, Sandro, Leone and Giulia. The burden of supportin... Read more
Phone (2002)
6.2/10
Director: Byeong-ki Ahn
Starring: Ji-won Ha, Yu-mi Kim, Woo-jae Choi, Ji-yeon Choi, Seo-woo Eun
Journalist Ji-won, (Ji-won Ha) changes her cellphone after an investigation into a scandal leads to her receiving threats â?? but things only get scar... Read more
Election 2 (2006)
Director: Johnnie To
Starring: Louis Koo, Simon Yam, Nick Cheung, Siu Fai Cheung, Lam Suet, Ka Tung Lam
Taking the themes and stories presented in the original, this film brings them to a logical and ingeniously appropriate end. Those who ranked the firs... Read more
Wildland (2020)
5.8/10
Director: Jeanette Nordahl
Starring: Sidse Babett Knudsen
Ida moves in with her aunt and cousins after the tragic death of her mother in a car accident. The home is filled with love, but outside of the home,... Read more
The Devil, Probably (1977)
7.3/10
Director: Robert Bresson
Charles drifts through politics, religion and psychoanalysis, rejecting them all. Once he realises the depth of his disgust with the moral and physica... Read more
Playground (2021)
7.3/10
Director: Laura Wandel
Starring: Karim Leklou, Laura Verlinden
When Nora witnesses Abel being bullied by other kids, she rushes to protect him. But Abel forces her to remain silent. Caught in a conflict of loyalty... Read more