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)
Les Uns Et Les Autres ( Bolero ) (1981)
7.5/10
Director: Claude Lelouch
Starring: James Caan, Robert Hossein, Nicole Garcia, Geraldine Chaplin, Jacques Villeret,...
A.k.a. "Bolero: The Dance of Life". A sweeping epic from internationally acclaimed director Claude Lelouch ("A Man and a Woman") chronicling three gen... Read more
Christiane F (1981)
7.6/10
Director: Ulrich Edel
Starring: Natja Brunckhorst, Thomas Haustein, David Bowie
Powerful story of an alienated teen who falls into the degrading drug and prostitution scene of Berlin's Zoo station. Featuring the music of, and an a... Read more
Montenegro (1981)
6.8/10
Director: Dusan Makavejev
Starring: Susan Anspach, Erland Josephson, Per Oscarsson
Funny, bizarre, surreal, sensual, unpredictable. Dusan Makavejev's 'Montenegro' follows Susan Anspach, a middle-class Swedish housewife who gets embro... Read more
My American Uncle ( Mon Oncle D'Amerique ) (1980)
7.9/10
Director: Alain Resnais
Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Nicole Garcia, Roger-Pierre
Witty treatise on human behaviour from Alain Resnais observes the interactions of three people: a manager at a textile plant (Gerard Depardieu), an ac... Read more
The Last Metro (1980)
7.4/10
Director: Francois Truffaut
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu, Jean Poiret
Truffaut's poignant, compelling drama, set in Nazi-occupied Paris, unfolds in the Theatre Montmartre, as a group of actors rehearse. But everyone harb... Read more
The City Of Women (1980)
Director: Federico Fellini
Starring: Marcello Mastroianni, Anna Prucel, Bernice Stegers
Marcello Mastroianni stars as the bruised, baffled, bedazzled man who stumbles into a feminist convention, setting off a series of wild surrealistic f... Read more
Camera Buff (1979)
8/10
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Starring: Jerzy Stuhr, Malgorzata Zabkowska
The breakthrough film of the great Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski ("Three Colours" trilogy), "Camera Buff" is a dryly ironic meditation on the f... Read more
Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
7.8/10
Director: Shohei Imamura
Starring: Ken Ogata, Rentaro Mikuni
Iwao Enokizu is a middle-aged man who has an unexplainable urge to commit insane and violent murders. Eventually he is chased by the police all over J... Read more
Vengeance Is Mine (Blu-ray) (1979)
7.8/10
Director: Shohei Imamura
Starring: Ken Ogata, Rentaro Mikuni
Iwao Enokizu is a middle-aged man who has an unexplainable urge to commit insane and violent murders. Eventually he is chased by the police all over J... Read more
The Adventures of Antoine Doinel: The 400 Blows / Stolen Kisses / Bed and Board / Love on the Run (1979)
Director: Francois Truffaut
Starring: Jean-Pierre Leaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Remy, Delphine Seyrig, Michael Lonsdal...
Legendary filmmaker Francois Truffaut followed the life of one of his favourite characters from rebellious adolesence to irresponsible adulthood over... Read more