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!
BPM (Beats Per Minute) (120 battements par minute) (2017)
7.5/10
Director: Robin Campillo
Starring: Nahuel Perez Biscayart, Adele Haenel, Arnaud Valois, Antoine Reinartz, Felix Mar...
Early 1990s. With AIDS having already claimed countless lives for nearly ten years, Act up-Paris activists multiply actions to fight general indiffere... Read more
Rodin (2017)
4.7/10
Director: Jacques Doillon
Starring: Vincent Lindon, Izia Higelin, Severine Caneele
In 1880 Paris, 40 year-old sculptor Auguste Rodin finally receives his first state commission, "The Gates of Hell," which includes "The Kiss" and "The... Read more
Happy End (2017)
6.8/10
Director: Michael Haneke
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Mathieu Kassovitz, Toby Jones, Laura V...
Although a middle-class family living in Calais deal with a series of setbacks, they pay little attention to the grim conditions in the refugee camps... Read more
Faces Places (Visages villages) (2017)
7.9/10
Director: Agnes Varda, JR
Starring: Agnes Varda, JR
Agnes Varda, one of the leading lights of France's honored French New Wave cinema era, and professional photographer and muralist, J.R., partake on a... Read more
The Midwife (2017)
6.8/10
Director: Martin Provost
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Mylene Demongeot, Olivier Gourmet, Catherine Frot, Audrey Dan...
Two of Frances most distinguished stars, Catherine Deneuve and Catherine Frot share the screen in this touching tale of the unlikely connection of op... 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
La Vache (2016)
6.8/10
Director: Mohamed Hamidi
Starring: Lambert Wilson, Jamel Debbouze
An Algerian man's life-long dream finally comes true when he receives an invitation to take his cow Jacqueline to the Paris International Agriculture... Read more
Elle (2016)
7.1/10
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny
A successful businesswoman gets caught up in a game of cat and mouse as she tracks down the unknown man who raped her. Read more
A Woman's Life (2016)
6.5/10
Director: Stephane Brize
Starring: Judith Chemla, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Yolande Moreau
A fragmented account of the life of Jeanne as she sets out on the path of adult life and gradually experiences the harsh realities of a woman's life i... Read more
Two Is A Family (2016)
7.4/10
Starring: Omar Sy, Clemence Poesy, Ashley Walters, Clementine Celarie
A man's life is turned upside down when an old flame leaves a child on his doorstep, claiming it is his. He moves to London and raises the child by hi... Read more