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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 Day I Became a Woman (2000)

7.3/10
Director: Marziyeh Meshkini
Starring: Fatemeh Cheragh, Akhar, Shabnam Toloui, Azizeh Sedighi

Marziyeh Meshkini's compelling and poignant study of the elementary problems faced by women in Eastern societies looks at three different generations... Read more

The Decameron (1971)

7.1/10
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Starring: Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti, Angela Luce

The first part of Pasolini's great trilogy, based on the ribald tales of Boccaccio, which deal with human sensuality and artistic creation. Pasolini h... Read more

The Decline of the American Empire (1986)

7.3/10
Director: Denys Arcand
Starring: Dominque Michel, Dorothee Berryman, Louise Portal

An acclaimed French-Canadian comedy that wittily explores the sexual mores (or lack thereof) of eight Quebec intellectuals brought together for a Sund... Read more

The Detective (1985)

7.1/10
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Starring: Claude Brasseur, Nathalie Baye, Johnny Hallyday, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Laurent Terz...

Godard's attempt at a mainstream detective story is still something unique to the influential director. In a Parisian hotel, two detectives are inves... Read more

The Devil's Backbone (2001)

7.5/10
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Starring: Federico Luppi, Eduardo Noriega, Marisa Paredes

From Guillermo Del Toro comes this haunting ghost story set in a Spanish orphanage that houses children of left-wing families during the final days of... Read more

The Devil, Probably (1977)

7.3/10
Director: Robert Bresson

Charles drifts through politics, religion and psychoanalysis, rejecting them all. Once he realises the depth of his disgust with the moral and physica... Read more

The Dinner Game (1998)

Director: Francis Veber
Starring: Thierry Lhermitte, Jacques Villeret, Daniel Prevost, Alexandra Vandernoot

Laughter is the main course in this acclaimed Gallic farce. Snide publisher Thierry Lhermitte delights in attending dinner parties where he and his so... Read more

The Double Life Of Veronique (1991)

7.8/10
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Starring: Halina Gryglaszewska, Irene Jacob, Kalina Jedrusik

Two women with identical looks, birthdates and names unknowingly have their lives inter-connected in this beautifully crafted thriller. When one of th... Read more

The Dreamlife of Angels (1998)

7.5/10
Director: Erick Zonca
Starring: Elodie Bouchez, Natacha Regnier, Gregoire Colin

This highly praised debut effort from Erick Zonca focuses on the complex relationship between two young women who meet at a clothing factory in Lille,... Read more

The Eagle - A Crime Odyssey: Volume 1 (2006)

Starring: Jens Albinus

As international terrorism and organised crime become more and more intertwined, Western nations face a growing threat to their security. In Denmark,... Read more