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!
Asterix Conquers America (1994)
Director: Gerhard Hahn
Starring: Asterix, Obelix, Getafix
Getafix has been captured by Romans and catapulted off the edge of the world. Asterix and Obelix follow in hot pursuit and find themselves in America.... Read more
Asterix in Britain (1986)
7.1/10
Starring: Asterix, Obelix, Zebigboss
It's 50 BC, and the Romans have just invaded British shores. The Brits, however, seem more interested in their daily cuppa than in fisticuffs. But one... Read more
Asterix the Gaul (1967)
6.6/10
Director: Albert Uderzo, Georges Dargaud, Rene Goscinny
Starring: Asterix, Obelix, Getafix, General Phonus Balonus
The Roman war machine has conquered all of Gaul except for one lone, remaining village. Centurion Crismus Bonus sends a spy to the village to find out... Read more
Asterix vs Caesar (1985)
Starring: Asterix, Obelix
in ancient Gaul, one village resisted Roman occupation thanks to a magic potion of super strength and the village's clever hero, Asterix. With his fri... Read more
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods (2014)
Director: Louis Clichy, Alexandre Astier
In order to wipe out the Gaulish village by any means necessary, Caesar plans to absorb the villagers into Roman culture by having an estate built nex... Read more
Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
7.9/10
Director: Robert Bresson
Starring: Anne Wiazemsky, Francois Lafarge, Philippe Asselin
Taking man's inhumanity to man as its central theme, this story traces the life of a donkey, christened Balthazar by a group of young children, from b... Read more
Au Petit Marguery (1997)
7/10
Director: Laurent Benegui
Starring: Stephane Audran, Michel Aumont, Alain Beigel
The restaurant Au Petit Marguery is a haven of friendship, a small paradise in Paris. Tonight a certain nostalgia fills the air. Tonight is closing ni... Read more
Au Revoir Les Enfants (1987)
8/10
Director: Louis Malle
Starring: Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejto, Francine Racette
'Goodbye, Children'. Louis Malle returns to the days of the German occupation during World War II to recount the story of friendship between two schoo... Read more
Aurore (I Got Life!) (2017)
7.4/10
Director: Blandine Lenoir
Starring: Agnes Jaoui, Thibault de Montalembert
A French woman hits menopause, quits her job as waitress, and feels everything going downhill. But then she meets her old love from before she got mar... Read more
Back in Crime ( L'autre vie de Richard Kemp ) (2013)
6.5/10
Director: Germinal Alvarez
Starring: Jean-Hugues Anglade, Melanie Thierry
Aka 'The Other Life of Richard Kemp'. When Paris detective Richard Kemp (Jean-Hugues Anglade) is injured in the course of a criminal investigation, he... Read more