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)
Breaking News (2004)
6.7/10
Director: Johnnie To
Starring: Richie Jen, Kelly Chen, Nick Cheung
A violent gang of criminals take refuge in a Hong Kong apartment block - embarrassing the HKPD on local television by escaping from a whole battalion... Read more
Breaking Up In Rome (2021)
6.5/10
Starring: Claudia Gerini
A romantic comedy about how hard it is to separate after many years of living together. Read more
Bride and Prejudice (2004)
6.5/10
Director: Gurinder Chadha
Starring: Aishwarya Rai, Martin Henderson, Daniel Gillies, Anupam Kher, Nadira Babbar, Nav...
Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" gets the Bollywood treatment in this spectacular fusion of East meets West. Director Gurinder Chadha ("Bend It Lik... Read more
Brief Crossing (2001)
6.8/10
Director: Catherine Breillat
Desire for a subject that functions like a brief fling with no future as such, yet embellished by that very fact. Because something fleeting and futur... Read more
Broken Embraces (2009)
7.2/10
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Starring: Penelope Cruz, Jose Luis Gomez, Tamar Novas, Blanca Portillo, Lluis Homar, Ruben...
Pedro Almodovar's acclaimed tale of sex, secrets and cinema centers on Mateo Blanco (Lluis Homar), a blind writer and filmmaker who now goes by the mo... Read more
Broken Wings (2002)
7.5/10
Director: Nir Bergman
Starring: Orly Zilbershatz-Banai, Maya Maron, Nitai Gaviratz
Orly Zilbershatz-Banai stars as Dafna, a mother struggling to keep her family afloat after the sudden death of their beloved father. Forced into a rol... Read more
Broker (2022)
7.2/10
Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Starring: Kang-ho Song, Doona Bae, Ji-Eun Lim
When a young mother reconsiders abandoning her baby, she discovers a scheme selling foundlings for adoption. Read more
Brother And Sister (2022)
5.6/10
Director: Arnaud Desplechin
Starring: Marion Cotillard, Melvil Poupaud, Golshifteh Farahani
Alice and Louis are estranged siblings who have been avoiding each other for over twenty years and are forced to reunite after a tragedy. Read more
Brothers (2004)
7.6/10
Director: Susanne Bier
Starring: Connie Nielsen, Ulrich Thomsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Michael's life is on track, he has a successful military career, a beautiful wife, Sarah (Connie Nielsen) and two loving daughters, but he's about to... Read more
Brutal Tales of Chivalry (1965)
6.9/10
Starring: Ken Takakura, Yoshiko Mita
After World War II, their town was a pile of rubble. Gennosuke, the second generation boss of the Kamizu Group was upholding yakuza chivalry by keepin... Read more