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)
Burning (2018)
7.6/10
Director: Chang-dong Lee
Starring: Steven Yeun
Jong-su bumps into a girl who used to live in the same neighborhood, who asks him to look after her cat while she's on a trip to Africa. When back, sh... Read more
Bus 174 (2002)
7.9/10
Director: Jose Padilha
On June 12, 2000 a lone gunman, seemingly insane or drugged, hijacked a bus in Rio de Janeiro as authorities - and television cameras - surrounded the... Read more
Bye Bye Morons (2020)
6.8/10
Director: Albert Dupontel
Starring: Virginie Efira, Albert Dupontel, Nicolas Marie, Jackie Berroyer
A seriously-ill woman tries to find her long-lost child with the help of a man in the middle of a burnout and a blind archivist. Read more
Cabeza De Vaca (1993)
7/10
Director: Nicolas Echevarria
Starring: Juan Diego, Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Roberto Sosa
A visually spellbinding biography of the Spanish explorer Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, the sole survivor of a 16th century Spanish shipwreck off the co... Read more
Cafe Lumiere (2003)
7/10
Director: Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Starring: Yo Hitoro, Tadanobu Asano, Masato Hagiwara, Kimiko Yo
Inspired by the centenary of acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu's birth, Hou Hsiao-Hsien's luminous portrait of modern Japan chronicles the lif... Read more
Camera Buff (1979)
8/10
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Starring: Jerzy Stuhr, Malgorzata Zabkowska
The breakthrough film of the great Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski ("Three Colours" trilogy), "Camera Buff" is a dryly ironic meditation on the f... Read more
Camille Claudel (1988)
7.3/10
Director: Bruno Nuytten
Starring: Isabelle Adjani, Gerard Depardieu, Alain Cuny
A poignant romantic tragedy based on the life of sculptor Camille Claudel. Isabelle Adjani gives an emotion-charged performance as the twenty-one-year... Read more
Carlos Saura Box Set (1995)
Director: Carlos Saura
Starring: Joaquin Cortez, Paco De Lucia, Antonio Gades, Laura Del Sol, Miguel Angel Sola,...
Contains "Flamenco", "Carmen" and "Tango", three unrivalled celebrations of Latin American dance from Carlos Saura. "Tango" shows the passionate strug... Read more
Carmen (1983)
7.7/10
Director: Carlos Saura
Starring: Antonio Gades, Laura Del Sol, Paco De Lucia
This flamenco adaptation of Bizet's classic opera "Carmen", based on the novel by Merimee, mixes a dramatic story of jealousy and treachery with actua... Read more
Casa de Lava (Down To Earth) (1994)
5.5/10
Director: Pedro Costa
Starring: Isaach De Bankole, Edith Scob
The film tells a story of Mariana, a nurse who leaves Lisbon to accompany an immigrant worker in a comatose sleep on his trip home to Cape Verde. The... Read more