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)
Eyes Without A Face (1960)
7.8/10
Director: Georges Franju
Starring: Alida Valli, Pierre Brasseur, Edith Scob, Juliette Mayniel, Francois Guerin
A macabre French horror classic with Peirre Brasseur as the disturbed Dr Genessier, a brilliant plastic surgeon whose daughter has been disfigured in... Read more
The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
8.1/10
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Takeshi Kato, Masayuki Mori
Reflecting his fondness for American crime films and motifs this stylish Akira Kurosawa thriller stars Toshiro Mifune and delves into corporate corrup... Read more
Two Women (1960)
7.9/10
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Starring: Sophia Loren, Raf Vallone, Eleanora Brown
Sophia Loren won an Academy Award for her portrayal of a mother ravaged by war as she and her 13-year-old daughter become the focus of attack by retre... Read more
The Virgin Spring (1960)
8.1/10
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Starring: Max von Sydow, Birgitta Valberg, Gunnel Lindblom
This stunning work stars Max Von Sydow in an exploration of a father's revenge for the rape and murder of his daughter. The highly contrasting black a... Read more
Zazie Dans Le Metro (1960)
7.1/10
Director: Louis Malle
Starring: Catherine Demongeot, Philippe Noiret
Funny in a bold, delicate, freakish, outrageous and occasionally night-marish way and crammed with sight gags and preposterous photographic stunts. 'A... Read more
Nazarin (1959)
7.8/10
Director: Luis Bunuel
Starring: Francisco Rabal
A priest in a poor community lives a charitable life in accordance with his religious principles, but many others do not return the favor. Read more
Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
8.1/10
Director: Grigori Chukhrai
Starring: Vladimir Ivashov, Zhanna Prokhorenko, Antonina Maksimova
Aloysha is a frightened young soldier fighting the Germans when, more by good luck than good management, he disables two enemy tanks. As a reward he... Read more
Samurai Saga (1959)
7.1/10
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Yoko Tsukasa, Akira Takarada, Keiko Awaji, Seizaburo Kawazu
Cyrano de Bergerac is given the Japanese Samurai treatment with the legendary Toshiro Mifune as the large-nosed warrior with a poet's heart. He is ut... Read more
Black Orpheus (1959)
7.5/10
Director: Marcel Camus
Starring: Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Lea Garcia
This extravagant explosion of colour and sounds is a modern re-enactment of Orpheus and Eurydice's tragic tale against the splendid backdrop of Carniv... Read more
The Magician (1959)
7.5/10
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Starring: Max von Sydow, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Bjornstrand
Set in the 1840s in Stockholm, the mystery and enigma of life and death itself are embodied in Vogler, the magician who runs "Vogler's Magnetic Health... Read more