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)
The Story of O (1975)
5.4/10
Director: Just Jaeckin
Starring: Udo Kier, Anthony Steel, Christiane Minazzoli, Corinne Clery
Banned in New Zealand for 25 years! O (Corinne Clery) is taken by her boyfriend Rene (Udo Kier) to a mysterious club where a group of submissive women... Read more
Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
6.2/10
Director: Ishiro Honda
Starring: Katsuhiko Sasaki, Akihiko Hirata, Tomoko Ai, Katsumasa Uchida
Aliens rebuild Mechagodzilla with the help of a demented scientist who has discovered a creature called Titanosaurus, which they intend to team up to... Read more
The Killing Machine (1975)
5.2/10
Director: Norifumi Suzuki
Starring: Sonny Chiba, Yutaka Nakajima, Kei Sato, Etsuko Shihomi
Following the end of World War II, former Japanese soldier and Shaolin martial arts master Doshin (Sonny Chiba) returns to Osaka after working as a sp... Read more
Xala (1975)
6.8/10
Director: Ousmane Sembene
Starring: Thiero Leye, Seun Samb
Xala ('Impotence') is a Senegalese social comedy, filmed in the Wolof language. A rich, corrupt business executive marries for the third time for the... Read more
The Story Of Adele H. (1975)
7.4/10
Director: Francois Truffaut
Starring: Isabelle Adjani, Bruce Robinson, Sylvia Marriott, Joseph Blatchley, Ivry Gitlis
Based on a true story, Adele (Isabelle Adjani), daughter of French author and patriot Victor Hugo ('Les Miserables', 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame'), i... Read more
Cousin, Cousine (1975)
6.8/10
Director: Jean-charles Tacchella
Starring: Marie-Christine Barrault, Victor Lanoux
An engaging look at love among the members of a large French family. This french comedy which was later remade in America as 'Cousins'. When two coupl... Read more
Fox and His Friends (1975)
7.8/10
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Starring: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Peter Chatel, Harry Bar
A down-and-out, down on his luck homosexual carnival worker wins the lottery and along with it, some new friends. Unfortunately, a charming, scheming... Read more
Appassionata (Blu-ray) (1974)
5.3/10
Starring: Gabriele Ferzetti, Ornella Muti, Eleonora Giorgi, Ninetto Davoli, Valentina Cort...
A married dentist gets embroiled in a sexual affair with his teenage daughter's best friend. Meanwhile, his wife's mental health is deteriorating, and... Read more
Hanzo the Razor 3 - Who's Got The Gold? (1974)
Director: Yoshio Inoue
The last in the Hanzo trilogy, this time our hard-as-nails super-stud cop is on the trail of a plot to smuggle gold out of the national treasury. Nat... Read more
Arabian Nights (1974)
6.8/10
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
The final part of Pasolini's 'Trilogy of Life' series, following 'The Decameron' and 'The Canterbury Tales', was two years in the making. The location... Read more