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)
Padre Padrone (1977)
7.4/10
Director: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
Starring: Omero Antonutti, Saverio Marioni, Fabrizio Forte
The tale of a boy who grows up to become a linguistics professor, thereby escaping the despotic tyranny of a father who wants him to train as a shephe... Read more
The American Friend (1977)
7.4/10
Director: Wim Wenders
Starring: Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Sam Fuller
Using Patricia Highsmith's novel, 'Ripley's Game', Wenders has made a spellbinding existential thriller which moves from the docks of Hamburg to the s... Read more
To Kill With Intrigue (1977)
5.4/10
Director: Lo Wei
Starring: Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan stars as a young lord who possesses an unusual potential in Chinese Martial arts. After his family is slaughtered, he seeks revenge and ge... Read more
The Man Who Loved Women (1977)
7.5/10
Director: Francois Truffaut
Starring: Charles Denner, Brigitte Fossey, Nelly Borgeaud, Nathalie Baye, Leslie Caron
Renowned French director Francois Truffaut is at the top of his form with this whimsical, lively story about an eccentric casanova (Charles Denner) wh... Read more
The Chess Players (1977)
7.8/10
Director: Satyajit Ray
Starring: Sanjeev Kumar, Amjad Khan, Richard Attenborough
Lucknow 1856, two nawabs play chess incessantly while the rule of the province becomes increasingly a pawn in the British game of taking over all of I... Read more
1900 (1976)
7.7/10
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Starring: Alida Valli, Burt Lancaster, Dominique Sanda, Donald Sutherland, Gerard Depardie...
Aka "Novecento". This sweeping chronicle of 20th century Italy focuses on the sons of two contrasting families; the landowner's son (Robert De Niro) a... Read more
Edvard Munch (1976)
8.4/10
Director: Peter Watkins
Starring: Geir Westby, Gro Fraas, Eli Ryg
This biographical dramatisation of Norway's most famous artist reveals the tumultuous events of his life as recorded in Munch's own memoirs. With stuf... Read more
Kings of the Road (1976)
8/10
Director: Wim Wenders
Starring: Rudiger Vogler, Hanns Zischler, Lisa Kreuzer
A sweeping 'road' movie concerning two men who journey across Germany visiting shuttered movie houses, listening to rock 'n' roll and discovering what... Read more
Wim Wenders' Road Movies: Alice In The Cities (1973) / Wrong Move (1975) / Kings Of The Road (1976)
Director: Wim Wenders
Starring: Rudiger Vogler, Yella Rottlander, Lisa Kreuzer, Hanna Schygulla, Hanns Zischler
This trilogy of road movies from acclaimed German director Wim Wenders, starring Rudiger Vogler, form a commentary on the adoption of American culture... Read more
The Marquise of O (1976)
7.3/10
Director: Eric Rohmer
Starring: Bruno Ganz, Edith Clever
Faithful to the Heinrich von Kleist novella, this German-made drama from French filmmaker Eric Rohmer stars Edith Clever as the widowed German noblewo... Read more