French Cinema
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!
Un village francais: Volume 3 ( A French Village ) (2012)
8.4/10
Starring: Robin Renucci, Emmanuelle Bach, Nade Dieu, Audrey Fleurot, Marie Kremer, Francoi...
Volume 3 contains Series 4. 12 episodes. It's 1942 and Villeneuve is now in it's third year of Nazi occupation. A carriage of Jewish prisoners is brou... Read more
Un village francais: Volume 4 ( A French Village ) (2013)
8.4/10
Starring: Robin Renucci, Emmanuelle Bach, Nade Dieu, Audrey Fleurot, Marie Kremer, Francoi...
Volume 4 contains Series 5. Summer 1943. The announcement of the STO, an order for all young men to be taken into forced labour, shakes France to its... Read more
Un village francais: Volume 5 (A French Village) (2016)
8.4/10
Starring: Robin Renucci, Fabrizio Rongione, Nade Dieu, Audrey Fleurot, Richard Sammel, Emm...
Its August 1944. Much of France is liberated, but the Germans remain in Villeneuve. The abuses by the militia continue, and this swells the ranks of t... Read more
Un village francais: Volume 6 ( A French Village ) (2016)
8.4/10
Starring: Robin Renucci, Emmanuelle Bach, Nade Dieu, Audrey Fleurot, Marie Kremer, Francoi...
Volume 6 contains Series 7. Autumn 1945. And so, after years of war, the peace has arrived, and with it comes the commissions and the public hearings... Read more
Un village francais: Volume 7 ( A French Village ) (2017)
8.4/10
Starring: Robin Renucci, Nade Dieu, Audrey Fleurot, Emmanuelle Bach, Marie Kremer, Thierry...
This is it. After the longest war in history, some resolution. And some flash forward sequences that will complete the story. Read more
Una Pura Formalita ( A Pure Formality ) (1996)
7.8/10
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Roman Polanski, Sergio Rubini
Gerard Depardieu plays a man accused of a murder he doesn't remember committing. He and Roman Polanski play a deadly game of deceptions, distortions a... Read more
Under the Sand (2000)
7.2/10
Director: Francois Ozon
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Bruno Cremer, Jaques Nolot
A haunting exploration of love, loss and grief, director Francois Ozon's acclaimed drama features Charlotte Rampling as an English-born teacher whose... Read more
Under the Sun of Satan (Sous Le Soleil de Satan) (1987)
6.9/10
Director: Maurice Pialat
Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Sandrine Bonnaire
Satan tempts Father Dossignan, who is trying to save the soul of a young girl who killed one of her lovers. Read more
Une Femme Mariee ( A Married Woman ) (1964)
7.4/10
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Starring: Macha Meril, Bernard Noel, Philippe Leroy
New Wave master Jean-Luc Godard focuses on a day in the life of a wife who is forced to decide between her pilot husband and her actor lover. Subtitle... Read more
Une Femme Mariee ( A Married Woman ) (Blu-ray) (1964)
7.6/10
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Starring: Macha Meril, Bernard Noel, Philippe Leroy
New Wave master Jean-Luc Godard focuses on a day in the life of a wife who is forced to decide between her pilot husband and her actor lover. Subtitle... Read more