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!
The Trouble With You (2018)
6.5/10
Director: Pierre Salvadori
Starring: Adele Haenel, Pio Marmai, Vincent Elbaz, Audrey Tautou
While a French Riviera police officer discovers her late husband led a criminal double life, the man who was imprisoned for her husband's crimes is re... Read more
Transit (2018)
7/10
Director: Christian Petzold
Starring: Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer
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
A Man in a Hurry (Un homme pressé) (2018)
6.5/10
Director: Herve Mimran
Starring: Fabrice Luchini, Leila Bekhti
After a massive stroke, an overworked business executive meets a young speech therapist who helps him recover and recognize all he has missed out on i... Read more
The Wild Boys (Blu-ray) (2017)
6.8/10
Director: Bertrand Mandico
Starring: Sam Louwyck, Nathalie Richard
The tale of five adolescent boys enamored by the arts but drawn to crime and transgression. After committing a brutal crime aided by Trevor, a deity o... Read more
Double Lover (L'Amant double) (2017)
6.2/10
Director: Francois Ozon
Starring: Marine Vacth, Jeremie Renier, Jacqueline Bisset
Chloé, a woman with a fragile mental state, falls for her psychoanalyst, Paul. But after moving in with him a few months later, she discovers a part o... Read more
Double Lover (L'Amant double) (Blu-ray) (2017)
7.6/10
Director: Francois Ozon
Starring: Marine Vacth, Jeremie Renier, Jacqueline Bisset
Chloé, a woman with a fragile mental state, falls for her psychoanalyst, Paul. But after moving in with him a few months later, she discovers a part o... Read more
Let the Sunshine In (2017)
6/10
Director: Claire Denis
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Xavier Beauvois, Josiane Balasko, Nicolas Duvauchelle
Following Isabelle, a middle-aged Parisian artist and divorced mother, as she looks for love and meets different characters. Read more
Just to Be Sure (Ôtez-moi d'un doute) (2017)
6.7/10
Director: Carine Tardieu
Starring: Francois Damiens, Cecile De France, Guy Marchand, Andre Wilms
A middle-aged bomb disposal expert faces a different kind of explosive situation when he learns that the man who raised him is not his biological fath... 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
Custody (Jusqu'à la garde) (2017)
7.6/10
Director: Xavier Legrand
Starring: Lea Drucker, Denis Menochet, Thomas Gioria
Miriam and Antoine Besson have divorced, and Miriam is seeking sole custody of their son Julien to protect him from a father she claims is violent. An... Read more