The influence of France on the world screen is undeniable. From early inventors and pioneers such as the Lumiere Brothers, George Melies and Alice Guy Blache, the birth of cinema can virtually be traced back to French shores. Cinematic innovators such as Jean Renoir and Michael Carne followed. By the 1960s New Wave directors like Truffaut, Godard and Chabrol had an indelible impact on fledgling American film makers such as Scorsese, Coppola and Bogdanovich who revolutionised the way films were made in the US; studios fell, auteurs ruled. With the advent of television, French film budgets shrank but thanks to government intervention and a good deal of imagination, French cinema is still going strong with contemporary talents like Jean-Jaques Beineix, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Luc Besson and the controversial Gaspar Noe. At Alice we're very proud of our extensive French collection, covering all genres from French farce to period drama, magical realism to mystery and suspense. Viva la France!
A glorious storybook America of open prairies, cross-country railroads and zany inventions abounds with pictorial delights in this extravaganza from... Read more
Gloriously filmed musical romance from Jacques Demy ("The Umbrellas of Cherbourg") tells of twin sisters (played by real-life sisters Catherine Deneuv... Read more
Two lovers meet 15 years after the first encounter, in the corridor of a hospital. She's 71, he's 45. Opposed but mesmerized by each other, they recon... Read more
Aka "Ils". Intense horror film in which French teacher Clementine (Olivia Bonamy) and her partner Lucas (Michael Cohen) move into a large house in the... Read more
Director Claude Miller's final film stars Audrey Tautou as the eponymous Thérèse, a cultured and intelligent woman who enters into an arranged marriag... Read more
One morning, a small French city wakes up to discover thousands of recently dead people walking into town. The reason why is a mystery and there is no... Read more
Nathalie (2017 Golden Globe-winner Isabelle Huppert) teaches philosophy at a college in Paris. Shes passionate about her work and particularly enjoys... Read more
A Paris-to-Limoges train ride for the funeral of a brash, charismatic artist brings together a disparate group of people - the friends, family, and fo... Read more
One of the funniest French films in recent years; the lives of three happy-go-lucky French bachelors are turned upside-down when a former lover of one... Read more
German filmmaker, Michael Haneke, has a penchant for the disturbing and this post-apocalyptic psychological drama is no exception. Following an unsee... Read more