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)
Judex (DVD & Blu-ray Zone A) (1963)
7.1/10
Director: Georges Franju
Starring: Edith Scob, Sylva Koscina
Favraux, an unscrupulous banker, receives a threatening note, signed by "Judex", demanding that he pay back the people he has swindled. He refuses, an... Read more
Youth of the Beast (1963)
7.6/10
Director: Seijun Suzuki
Starring: Joe Shishido
Unique Japanese filmmaker Seijun Suzuki helms this audacious wild ride into the world of 1960s Japanese Yakuza. Police detective Jo Shishido winds up... Read more
High and Low (1963)
8.4/10
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Starring: Toshiro Mifune
Based on an Ed McBain novel, 'High and Low' is a gripping, film noir style thriller. A ruthless kidnapper, aiming to snatch wealthy industrialist Tosh... Read more
The Silence (1963)
8/10
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Starring: Ingrid Thulin, Gunnel Lindblom, Jorgen Lindstrom
Part of the Bergman trilogy dealing with the existence of God. Two women are stranded in a remote village where the language is incomprehensible. As o... Read more
The Little Soldier ( Le Petit Soldat ) (1962)
7/10
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Starring: Anna Karina, Michel Subor, Paul Beauvais, Henri-Jacques Huet, Laszlo Szabo
Director Jean-Luc Godard's controversial look at the French-Algerian War stars Michel Subor as an army deserter recruited by right-wing forces to assa... Read more
Mamma Roma (1962)
7.9/10
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Starring: Anna Magnani, Franco Citti, Ettoro Garofolo
Pier Paolo Pasolini's neo-realist masterpiece stars the great Anna Magnani ('Open City') as a middle-aged prostitute who saves money to buy an apartme... Read more
The 47 Ronin ( aka Chushingura ) (1962)
7.6/10
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki
Starring: Yuzo Kayama, Koshiro Matsumoto, Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Mihashi, Yosuke Natsuki,...
One of the most retold stories in Japanese cinema is this historical samurai saga set at the turn of the 18th century, in which 47 loyal ronin seek ve... Read more
An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
8.2/10
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Starring: Chishu Ryu, Mariko Okada, Shima Iwashita, Shin-Ichiro Mikami, Keiji Sada
One of the world's most celebrated filmmakers, Yasujiro Ozu, observes the tangled relationships of Japanese families with an amazing blend of intimacy... Read more
Boccaccio 70 (1962)
7.2/10
Director: Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti, Vittorio De Sica, Mario Monicelli
Starring: Marisa Solinas, Anita Ekberg, Peppino De Filippo, Romy Schneider, Tomas Milian,...
This loose modern retelling of Boccaccio's Decameron is essentially four short films from four of Italy's finest directors. Fellini, Visconti, Monicel... Read more
The Trial of Joan of Arc (1962)
7.6/10
Director: Robert Bresson
Starring: Florence Carrez, Jean-Claude Fourneau, Roger Honorat, Marc Jacquier
A masterful retelling of the trial of one of history's most famous martyrs, this beautiful film focuses on the psychological and physical torture Joan... Read more