Foreign Language Films
Possibly Alice's strongest collection are the Foreign Language Films. Here you can totally immerse yourself in a veritable feast of titles from around the globe. We have divided this section into regional categories. There are many great films to be discovered within and they make for a preferred alternative to the steady input of Hollywood fodder that generally permeates our screens.
Right: The wonderful "Manon Des Sources" ("Jean de Florette" Part 2)
Vive L'Amour (1994)
7.5/10
Director: Tsai Ming-Liang
Starring: Lee Kang-Sheng, Kuei-Mei Yang, Chao-jung Chen
Three city folk unknowingly share a city apartment in Taipei. May is the real estate agent using it for romantic liaisons while it's on the market, A... Read more
Vodka Lemon (2003)
6.8/10
Director: Hiner Saleem
Starring: Romen Avinian, Lala Sarkissian
Kurdish filmmaker Hiner Saleem earned critical comparisons to Fellini, Kusturica, Iosseliani, and Kaurismaki with this breakout comedy. A whimsical, f... Read more
Voices of Iraq (2004)
6.4/10
This ground-breaking documentary saw 150 digital cameras given out to the people of Iraq. They filmed their daily lives and documented their views an... Read more
Volver (2006)
7.6/10
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Starring: Penelope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Duenas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, Chus Lam...
Pedro Almodovar's 16th feature film stars Penelope Cruz as a hard-working janitor, supporting a daughter and a layabout husband in Madrid. Her own mo... Read more
Waiting For Happiness (2002)
6.8/10
Director: Abderrahmane Sissako
Starring: Khatra Ould Adder Kader, Nana Diakite
Foregoing complex plotting for spell-binding mood and provocative symbolism, this French/Mauritanian drama set in the northern African country traces... Read more
Walk On Water (2004)
7.4/10
Director: Eytan Fox
Starring: Lior Ashkenazi, Knut Berger, Carolina Peters, Gidon Shemer
Eyal is a Mossad assassin sent to kill an aging Nazi war criminal. The target's grandaughter is living on a kibbutz in Israel and her brother is abou... Read more
Warm Spring (2002)
6.6/10
Director: Wulan Tana
Starring: Tian Chengren, Zhang Yan, Hao Yang, Yu Weijie
Directed by Wulan Tana this poignant drama is the tale of young orphan Xiao Hua, who after fleeing the clutches of an abusive foster parent, finds a s... Read more
Water (2005)
7.8/10
Director: Deepa Mehta
Starring: Seema Biswas, Lisa Ray, Jon Abrahams, Sarala , Manorama
The long-awaited and controversial third instalment of Deepa Mehta's Elemental Trilogy, the film production was shut down in 2000 by Hindu fundamental... Read more
Water Drops On Burning Rocks (2000)
6.8/10
Director: Francois Ozon
Starring: Bernard Giraudeau, Malik Zidi, Ludivine Sagnier
In 1970s Germany, a 50-year-old businessman falls in love with a 20-year-old man. Read more
We'll End Up Together (2020)
Director: Guillaume Canet
Starring: Marion Cotillard, Gilles Lellouche, Francois Cluzet
When Guillaume Canet’s star-studded comedy Little White Lies exploded at the global box office in 2010 (achieving a stunning 5.2 million admissions),... Read more