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!
Anna (Blu-Ray) (2019)
6.6/10
Director: Luc Besson
Starring: Sasha Luss, Luke Evans, Cillian Murphy, Helen Mirren
Beneath a woman's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the most feared assassins on the p... Read more
Anna (2019)
6.6/10
Director: Luc Besson
Starring: Sasha Luss, Luke Evans, Cillian Murphy, Helen Mirren
Beneath a woman's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the most feared assassins on the p... Read more
Cyrano, My Love (2018)
Starring: Olivier Gourmet, Mathilde Seigner, Alice de Lencquesaing, Dominique Pinon, Simon...
December 1897, Paris. Edmond Rostand is not yet thirty but already two children and a lot of anxieties. He has not written anything for two years. In... Read more
The World Is Yours (2018)
6.4/10
Starring: Karim Leklou, Isabelle Adjani, Vincent Cassel
A small-time dealer dreams of another life but can't afford it. To escape, he must accept one last job involving Spain, drugs, the Illuminati and his... Read more
Normandy Nude (2018)
Director: Philippe Le Guay
Starring: Francois Cluzet, Francois-Xavier Demaison, Julie-Anne Roth
A French mayor has to convince his villagers to pose naked for an American photographer. Read more
Non Fiction (2018)
6.5/10
Director: Olivier Assayas
Starring: Guillaume Canet, Juliette Binoche, Vincent Macaigne
Set in the Parisian publishing world, an editor and an author find themselves in over their heads, as they cope with a middle-age crisis, the changing... Read more
Claire Darling (2018)
6.1/10
Director: Julie Bertuccelli
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Chiara Mastroianni, Alice Taglioni
In Verderonne, a small village in the Oise, it's the first day of summer and Claire Darling wakes up convinced to live her last day - She then decides... Read more
Sink or Swim (2018)
7/10
Director: Gilles Lellouche
Starring: Guillaume Canet, Virginie Efira, Mathieu Amalric, Leila Bekhti, Benoit Poelvoord...
Several 40-something guys, all on the verge of a mid-life crisis, decide to form their local pool's first synchronized swimming team -- for men. Read more
Sorry Angel (2018)
6.8/10
Director: Christophe Honore
Starring: Vincent Lacoste, Pierre Deladonchamps, Denis Podalydes
Set in 1993, 39-year-old gay author Jacques begins an intense romance with 22-year-old Arthur. Between looking after his son and coming to terms with... Read more
I Feel Good (2018)
6/10
Director: Benoit Delepine, Gustave Kervern
Starring: Jean Dujardin, Yolande Moreau
He's lived too long off his parents and it's time for 40-year-old slacker Jacques to get by on his own. A one-time gigolo and a borderline bum, he kno... Read more