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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)

Red Sorghum (1989)

7.5/10
Director: Zhang Yimou
Starring: Gong Li, Wen Jiang, Liu Jia, Rujun Ten

A vivid, richly coloured drama about a young woman who takes on the management of her late husband's distillery in Northern China. All appears to be g... Read more

Jesus Of Montreal (1989)

7.5/10
Director: Denys Arcand
Starring: Catherine Wilkening, Lothaire Bluteau

The marvellous, emotional and humourous story of modern day hypocrisy, as experienced by a group of actors who stage a radical interpretation of the l... Read more

Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)

7/10
Director: Shinya Tsukamoto
Starring: Kei Fujiwara, Shinya Tsukamoto, Tomoroh Taguchi

Compared to the work of Lynch and Cronenberg, telling the strange tale of a man's gradual metamorphosis into a synergy of flesh and metal. Tomoroh Tag... Read more

A Tale of Springtime ( Conte De Printemps ) (1989)

7.4/10
Director: Eric Rohmer
Starring: Anne Teyssedre, Hugues Quester, Florence Darel

The first in Eric Rohmer's acclaimed series "Tales of the Four Seasons". An enchanting comedy of manners about a philosophy teacher who meets and befr... Read more

Ju Dou (1989)

7.7/10
Director: Zhang Yimou
Starring: Gong Li, Li Wei, Li Baotian, Zhang Li

This erotic drama follows the passion as a beautiful young bride is drawn to the handsome, strong nephew of her new husband. An exquisitely photograph... Read more

Milou en Mai ( May Fools ) (1989)

7.2/10
Director: Louis Malle
Starring: Michel Piccoli, Miou-Miou, Dominique Blanc

An entertaining comedy of manners set against the backdrop of the 1968 student uprising in Paris, the film follows the Vieu-sacs as they converge on t... Read more

Romuald and Juliette (1989)

Director: Coline Serreau
Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Firmine Richard, Pierre Vernier

Aka 'Mama, There's a Man in Your Bed'. Romuald (Daniel Auteuil) is the big-shot head of a yoghurt factory whose indifference to his buxom, black clean... Read more

Rouge (1989)

5.8/10
Director: Stanley Kwan
Starring: Anita Mui, Leslie Cheung, Emily Chu, Man Tsz-Leung

This stunning film tells the story of a ghost's return to search for her long lost lover, leaping spontaneously between Hong Kong in 1934 and the pres... Read more

Trop Belle Pour Toi ( Too Beautiful For You ) (1989)

6.7/10
Director: Bertrand Blier
Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Josiane Balasko, Carole Bouquet

Gerard Depardieu is the star of this highly praised comedy, as a wealthy bourgeois businessman with an incredibly beautiful wife, (Carole Boquet) who... Read more

Khrustalyov, My Car! (Blu-ray) (1988)

7.4/10
Director: Aleksei German

Military doctor General Klenski is arrested in Stalin's Russia in 1953 during an anti-Semitic political campaign accused of being a participant in so-... Read more