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)
Blood and Bones (2004)
7.1/10
Director: Yoichi Sai
Starring: Takeshi Kitano, Hirofumi Arai, Tomoko Tabata, Jo Odagiri, Kyoka Suzuki
Japanese icon Takeshi Kitano plays Shunpei Kim, a Korean immigrant who comes to Osaka as a teenager in1920. Working at a fish factory, Kim claws his w... Read more
Blood Feud (1973)
6/10
Director: Lina Wertmuller
Starring: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Turi Ferro
A torrid story of love and revenge. Sophia Loren is a Neopolitan whose husband is gunned down and is befriended by Marcello Mastroianni, her Lawyer. T... Read more
Boccaccio 70 (1962)
7.2/10
Director: Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti, Vittorio De Sica, Mario Monicelli
Starring: Marisa Solinas, Anita Ekberg, Peppino De Filippo, Romy Schneider, Tomas Milian,...
This loose modern retelling of Boccaccio's Decameron is essentially four short films from four of Italy's finest directors. Fellini, Visconti, Monicel... Read more
Boiling Point (1990)
6.8/10
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Starring: Takeshi Kitano, Masahiko Ono, Yuriko Ishida
When the coach of a junior baseball team is severely injured by gangsters, two members of the team set off to purchase a gun to get revenge. While on... Read more
Bombon (2004)
7.1/10
Director: Carlos Sorin
Starring: Juan Villegas, Walter Donado, Gregorio the Dog
52-year-old Patagonian Juan 'Coco' Villegas has been a petrol attendant for 20 years when he suddenly finds himself unemployed. He does odd jobs and... Read more
Bon Voyage (2003)
6.9/10
Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Starring: Isabelle Adjani, Gerard Depardieu, Virginie Ledoyen, Yvan Attal, Gregori Derange...
It is June 1940 and everyone who is anyone is hightailing it out of Paris to avoid the imminent Nazi occupation. Heading south, a motley group that in... Read more
Both Sides Of The Blade (2022)
Director: Claire Denis
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Vincent Lindon, Gregoire Colin, Bulle Ogier, Alice Houri
A love triangle story about a woman caught between two men, her long-time partner and his best friend, her former lover. Read more
Boystown (2007)
6.1/10
Director: Juan Flahn
Starring: Carlos Fuentes, Pablo Puyol, Concha Velasco, Pepon Nieto
Victor has a goal; he wants to turn the Chueca neighbourhood into a real estate paradise for hot-blooded gay couples. He'll do anything to make that h... Read more
Branded to Kill (1967)
7.4/10
Director: Seijun Suzuki
Starring: Annu Mari, Mariko Ogawa, Joe Shishido
A breathtaking blend of violence, eroticism and dark humour, 'Branded to Kill' saw director Seijun Suzuki's ('Tokyo Drifter') reinvention of the gangs... Read more
Bread and Tulips (2001)
7.4/10
Director: Silvio Soldini
Starring: Licia Maglietta, Bruno Ganz, Antonio Catania, Giuseppe Battiston
Aka "Pane e Tulipani". After being left behind by her tour bus a bored housewife decides to hitchhike home, and after a few rides finds herself in Ven... Read more