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)
Blind Chance (1987)
7.9/10
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Starring: Tadeusz Lomnicki
Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life. Read more
Paganini (1989)
5.1/10
Director: Klaus Kinski
Starring: Klaus Kinski
A biography of Italian violinist Niccolò Paganini. Read more
The Man In The Basement (2021)
5.6/10
Director: Philippe Le Guay
Starring: Francois Cluzet, Jeremie Renier, Berenice Bejo, Jonathan Zaccai, Patrick Descamp...
Simon and Helen live in Paris together, they decide to sell a basement in their building. The man who buys it has a troubled past and the couple's lif... Read more
Appassionata (Blu-ray) (1974)
5.3/10
Starring: Gabriele Ferzetti, Ornella Muti, Eleonora Giorgi, Ninetto Davoli, Valentina Cort...
A married dentist gets embroiled in a sexual affair with his teenage daughter's best friend. Meanwhile, his wife's mental health is deteriorating, and... Read more
The Flowers Of St. Francis (Francesco, giullare di Dio) (1950)
7.5/10
Director: Roberto Rossellini
Starring: Aldo Fabrizi
A series of vignettes depicting the lives of the original Franciscan monks, including their leader and the bumbling Ginepro. Read more
Pushing Hands (1991)
7.2/10
Director: Ang Lee
Starring: Sihung Lung
Master Chu, a retired Chinese Tai-Chi master, moves to Westchester, New York to live with his son Alex, his American daughter-in-law Martha, and their... Read more
Kati Patang (1970)
7.2/10
Director: Shakti Samanta
Starring: Rajesh Khanna, Asha Parekh
A Bollywood installment for the hopelessly romantic. Asha Parekh stars as Madhavi, a woman who makes a fateful decision on her wedding day and is then... Read more
Er ist wieder da (Look Who's Back) (2015)
7.1/10
Director: David Wnendt
Adolf Hitler wakes up in the 21st century. He quickly gains media attention, but while Germany finds him hilarious and charming, Hitler makes some ser... Read more
Brief Crossing (2001)
6.8/10
Director: Catherine Breillat
Desire for a subject that functions like a brief fling with no future as such, yet embellished by that very fact. Because something fleeting and futur... Read more
The Witnesses (Les Témoins) (2007)
6.8/10
Director: Andre Techine
Starring: Michel Blanc, Emmanuelle Beart, Sami Bouajila
Paris, 1984: A group of friends contend with the first outbreak of the AIDS epidemic. Read more