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!
AKA 'Traffic'. Jacques Tati's fifth and final feature, a laugh-filled look at modern society and the automobile, captures the absurdities of human beh... Read more
In Jacques Tatis Trafic, the bumbling Monsieur Hulot, kitted out as always with tan raincoat, beaten brown hat, and umbrella, takes to Pariss highwa... Read more
In an attempt to flee Nazi-occupied France, Georg assumes the identity of a dead author but soon finds himself stuck in Marseilles, where he falls in... Read more
Director Tony Gatlif ('Latcho Drom', 'Gadjo Dilo') continues his love affair with Romany people and their music; Asia Argento is Zingarina, an Italian... Read more
Loosely based on a true story, this sublime drama from director Eric Rohmer follows the complex marriage between a Greek painter and her White Russian... Read more
Toledo, Spain, 1923. Tristana, a young woman aged 18, has just lost her mother and is taken in by Don Lope, an impoverished aristocrat known as a free... Read more
Gerard Depardieu is the star of this highly praised comedy, as a wealthy bourgeois businessman with an incredibly beautiful wife, (Carole Boquet) who... Read more
A.k.a. "En solitaire". The directorial debut from famed cinematographer Christophe Offenstein. Turning Tide stars François Cluzet (The Intouchables) a... Read more
A brash, challenging and sexually explicit film accused of being anti-American, homophobic and sexist! David and his French girlfriend, Katia travel... Read more
A light comedy observing the long-delayed reunion between two former lovers, Alice (Charlotte Rampling) a British stage actress, and Louis (Jean Roche... Read more