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!
German filmmaker, Michael Haneke, has a penchant for the disturbing and this post-apocalyptic psychological drama is no exception. Following an unsee... Read more
After losing his job, French businessman Vincent (Aurelien Recoing) rapidly spirals out of control. Keeping his unemployment secret from his family, h... Read more
AKA 'Le Temps Retrouve'. A supremely elegant, beautifully designed adaptation of the last volume of Proust's masterwork 'Remembrance of Things Past'.... Read more
This hugely successful (with 'Tintin-ologists' and families alike) live-action series sees the young adventurer investigating fruit in his second outi... Read more
Herge's beloved Tintin bursts onto the screen in a globe-trotting, live-action adventure in this French-language family film. The first ever live 'Tin... Read more
This creative adaptation of the famous Charles Perrault tale, by Olivier Dahan ('La Vie en Rose'), follows a boy who is cruelly rejected by his peasan... Read more
Critically acclaimed French drama about a 10-year-old girl who assumes a male identity to fit in when her family move to a small village. The film has... Read more
Aka "Ce soir, je dors chez toi". Alex (Jean-Paul Rouve) loves Laetitia (Melanie Doutey). She is beautiful, funny, sparkling, radiant... and she loves... Read more
Jean Gabin is at his most wearily romantic as aging gangster Max le Menteur in this gem from director Jacques Becker ('Le trou'). Having pulled off th... Read more
Aka "La grande boucle". A forlorn cyling nut embarks on his personal Tour de France, hoping to win his wife back in the process, in this French feel-g... Read more