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)
Cyrano, My Love (2018)
Starring: Olivier Gourmet, Mathilde Seigner, Alice de Lencquesaing, Dominique Pinon, Simon...
December 1897, Paris. Edmond Rostand is not yet thirty but already two children and a lot of anxieties. He has not written anything for two years. In... Read more
Water Drops On Burning Rocks (2000)
6.8/10
Director: Francois Ozon
Starring: Bernard Giraudeau, Malik Zidi, Ludivine Sagnier
In 1970s Germany, a 50-year-old businessman falls in love with a 20-year-old man. Read more
Damnation (1988)
7.8/10
Director: Bela Tarr
Starring: Gyula Pauer
A lonely barfly falls in love with a married bar singer. Read more
A Tale of Love And Desire (2021)
6.8/10
Follows Ahmed, a 18-year old, French of Algerian origin, who meets Farah, a young Tunisian girl. He discovers a collection of sensual and erotic Arab... Read more
The Kitchen Brigade (2022)
Starring: Audrey Lamy, Francois Cluzet
Cathy is a sous-chef wanting to open a restaurant. With financial difficulties, Cathy accepts a job at a shelter for young migrants. At first she hate... Read more
To Kill With Intrigue (1977)
5.4/10
Director: Lo Wei
Starring: Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan stars as a young lord who possesses an unusual potential in Chinese Martial arts. After his family is slaughtered, he seeks revenge and ge... Read more
Score (1995)
6.4/10
Director: Atsushi Muroga
Starring: Hitoshi Ozawa, Kazuyoshi Ozawa, Hiroshi Miyasaka, Ryushi Mizukami
Out on bail, tough guy Chance is forced to commit a string of bank robberies to pay off his debt. Given the opportunity to pull off a jewel heist in e... Read more
Gunga Jumna (1961)
7.6/10
Director: Nitin Bose
Starring: Dilip Kumar, Vyjayanthimala , Nasir Khan, Azra
This classic tale of two brothers seething with star-crossed love, tragic misunderstanding and revenge owes a debt to Hollywood's '30s gangster flicks... Read more
Viruddh (2005)
7.1/10
Director: Mahesh Manjrekar
Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Sharmila Tagore, Jon Abrahams, Sanjay Dutt, Anusha Dhandekar
What begins as a heart-warming family drama soon turns into an indictment of corruption in Indian politics and one father's struggle to clear his son'... Read more
Beyond Hypothermia (1996)
6.8/10
Director: Patrick Leung
Starring: Wu Chien-Lien, Lau Ching Wan, Shirley Wong, Sang Woo Han
Jacqueline Wu plays a (literally) cold-blooded nameless assassin. She knows only two people, the Cambodian woman who gives her assignments and Long S... Read more