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)
Blood Feud (1973)
6/10
Director: Lina Wertmuller
Starring: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Turi Ferro
A torrid story of love and revenge. Sophia Loren is a Neopolitan whose husband is gunned down and is befriended by Marcello Mastroianni, her Lawyer. T... Read more
La Grande Bouffe (1973)
7.2/10
Director: Marco Ferreri
Starring: Marcello Mastroianni, Philippe Noiret, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Piccoli
Four men, bored with everything in life, decide to end it all in one impeccably well catered marathon assault on their systems in this chilling, humou... Read more
Morgiana (Blu-ray) (1972)
7.2/10
Starring: Josef Abrham, Petr Cepek, Iva Janzurová
Klara and Viktoria are sisters. Their father dies, leaving most of his property to Klara. When Klara becomes involved with a man that her sister loves... Read more
Hapkido (1972)
6.8/10
Three graduated Hapkido students return to China from Japanese-occupied Korea in order to set up their own school. However, problems start to arise wh... Read more
Dirty Money ( Un Flic ) (1972)
8.2/10
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Starring: Alain Delon, Richard Crenna, Catherine Deneuve
Jean-Pierre Melville, the acclaimed director of 'Le Samourai', directs what would prove to be his final film, and also his darkest, coldest and most a... Read more
Hanzo the Razor - Sword of Justice (1972)
6.8/10
Director: Kenji Misumi
Starring: Shintaro Katsu, Yukiji Asaoka, Mari Atsumi
Hanzo 'the Razor' Itami is a samurai cop who's expert at weilding more than just his sword. Like a Japanese version of 'Shaft', Hanzo is a demented b... Read more
Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972)
Director: Shunya Ito
Starring: Meiko Kaji
Experimental and exploitation cinema meet in this subversive feature. The film follows a woman named Matsu (a.k.a. "Scorpion"), wrongly imprisoned aft... Read more
Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan (1972)
7.3/10
Director: Chu Yuan
Starring: Lily Ho, Yueh Hua, Betty Pei Ti, Tung Lin
The most notorious erotic film in the history of Hong Kong cinema, this film shocked Chinese audiences and even today exerts a raw power. Lily Ho, in... Read more
The Canterbury Tales (1972)
6.5/10
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Starring: Laura Betti, Ninetto Davoli, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Hugh Griffith, Josephine Chapl...
The second part of Pasolini's 'Trilogy of Life' (beginning with 'The Decameron' and ending with 'Arabian Nights') is based on the 14th century stories... Read more
Fellini's Roma (1972)
Director: Federico Fellini
Starring: Peter Gonzales, Britta Barnes, Pia De Doses
In this filmic salute to his beloved city, Fellini juxtaposes scenes of himself as an adult shooting a movie on the streets of Rome, with childhood me... Read more