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)
Damnation (1988)
7.8/10
Director: Bela Tarr
Starring: Gyula Pauer
A lonely barfly falls in love with a married bar singer. Read more
The Legend Of The Holy Drinker (Blu-ray) (1988)
7.2/10
Director: Ermanno Olmi
Starring: Rutger Hauer, Anthony Quayle, Dominique Pinon
An alcoholic homeless man is given two hundred francs by a stranger, who requests that when he can he will return the money to Saint Therese in the ca... Read more
The Vanishing (1988)
7.8/10
Director: George Sluizer
Starring: Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Johanna Ter Steege
A sleek psycho-chiller with an absorbing plot about the vanishing without a trace of a young woman at a gas station, and the terrifying battle of wits... Read more
Pelle The Conqueror (1988)
7.9/10
Director: Bille August
Starring: Erik Paaske, Max von Sydow, Pelle Hvenegaard
Winner of the Cannes Festival Palme d'Or and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Picture, Bille August's moving film features a remarkable performance... Read more
Camille Claudel (1988)
7.3/10
Director: Bruno Nuytten
Starring: Isabelle Adjani, Gerard Depardieu, Alain Cuny
A poignant romantic tragedy based on the life of sculptor Camille Claudel. Isabelle Adjani gives an emotion-charged performance as the twenty-one-year... Read more
Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown (1988)
7.6/10
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Carmen Maura, Julieta Serrano, Maria Barranco, Rossy de Palma
A popular actress (perennial Almodovar favourite, Carmen Maura) is driven to distraction when her lover leaves for another woman. She's certain she ca... Read more
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
Debajo Del Mundo ( Underground ) (1987)
8.1/10
Director: Beda Docampo Feijoo, Juan Bautista Stagnaro
Starring: Sergio Renan, Barbara Mugica, Victor Laplace
Aka 'Underground', 'Under the World'. The true story of a Polish Jewish family whose members had to literally bury themselves alive underground in ord... Read more
A Taxing Woman (1987)
7.4/10
Director: Juzo Itami
Starring: Nobuko Miyamoto, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Masahiko Tsugawa
Juzo Itami's hilarious follow-up to 'Tampopo' is a satiric comedy of ambition, greed and the battle of the sexes. A disarming and dedicated woman tax... Read more
Intervista (1987)
7.1/10
Director: Federico Fellini
Starring: Federico Fellini, Sergio Rubini, Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, etc ...
Apparently conceived as a tribute to the Cinecitta Studios in Rome, Fellini's beloved home base throughout his career, this 'mockumentary' is a magica... Read more