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!
Judex (DVD & Blu-ray Zone A) (1963)
7.1/10
Director: Georges Franju
Starring: Edith Scob, Sylva Koscina
Favraux, an unscrupulous banker, receives a threatening note, signed by "Judex", demanding that he pay back the people he has swindled. He refuses, an... Read more
Roberto Succo (2001)
6.6/10
Director: Cedric Kahn
Starring: Stefano Cassetti, Patrick Dell'Isola
'Kurt' claims to be a sales rep. He also claims to be English in spite of his heavy Italian accent. Kurt is an habitual liar and a dangerous driver, a... Read more
Taxi 4 (2007)
6.5/10
Director: Gerard Krawczyk
Starring: Samy Naceri, Frederic Diefenthal
Daniel, the driver of a very special taxi in Marseille, gets a famous soccer player to the stadium in time and later helps his clumsy police friend Ém... Read more
The Beautiful Person (La belle personne) (2008)
6.6/10
Director: Christophe Honore
Starring: Louis Garrel, Lea Seydoux, Gregoire Leprince-Ringuet
Cute Junie starts at her cousin Matthias' high school and class after her mom's death. She meets his friends. The boys want to date her - even her han... Read more
L'Humanite (Blu-ray) (1999)
6.8/10
Director: Bruno Dumont
Starring: Emmanuel Schotte, Severine Caneele
When an 11-year-old girl is brutally raped and murdered in a quiet French village, a police detective who has forgotten how to feel emotions--because... Read more
Goal Of The Dead (2014)
5.5/10
Director: Benjamin Rocher
A professional football team arrives at their lowly rivals stadium to find a zombie apocalypse has turned the hostile fans into rabid undead hooligans... Read more
Not Here to Be Loved (Je ne suis pas là pour être aimé) (2005)
7.1/10
Director: Stephane Brize
Starring: Patrick Chesnais, Anne Consigny, Georges Wilson, Lionel Abelanski, Genevieve Mni...
The (love) life of a man fed up with his work and life routine changes when he enlists into a tango dancing course. Read more
comment j'ai tue mon pere (2001)
Director: Anne Fontaine
Starring: Michel Bouquet, Charles Berling, Natacha Regnier, Amira Casar, Hubert Kounde, Ka...
When his long-time disappeared father is entering his life again, Jean-Luc, a successful doctor, has no option but to face his own life story. Will he... 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
The Separation (1994)
7.5/10
Director: Christian Vincent
Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Isabelle Huppert, Jerome Deschamps
Isabelle Huppert and Daniel Auteuil are spellbinding in their roles as lovers who endure the darkest hours of a relationship-the separation. Internati... Read more