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)
Casshern (2004)
6.2/10
Director: Kazuaki Kiriya
Starring: Yusuke Iseya, Kumiko Aso, Akira Terao, Kanako Higuchi, Fumiyo Kohinata, Hiroyuki...
A great war leaves an alternate earth diseased and polluted. Geneticist Dr. Azuma claims he can regenerate humankind but is refused government funding... Read more
Cat and Mouse (2003)
5.3/10
Director: Gordon Chan
Starring: Andy Lau, Cecilia Cheung, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong
Zhan Zhao is a deputy to the wise Judge Bao. When Zhan heads back home for a vacation, he uncovers a plot to assassinate Bao so that a rebel group can... Read more
Celestial Clockwork (1996)
7/10
Director: Fina Torres
Starring: Ariel, Ariadna Gil, Arielle Dombasle, Evelyne Didi
This quirky, magic-infused romantic comedy whimsical tale tells of a Venezuelan woman who abandons the altar as she's about to get married, fleeing to... Read more
Central Station (1998)
8/10
Director: Walter Salles
Starring: Fernanda Montenegro, Vinicius De Oliveira, Marilia Pera
This extremely well made, touching Brazilian drama follows a young boy whose mother is killed near Rio de Janeiro's central train station. Befriended... Read more
Chalte Chalte (2003)
6.6/10
Director: Aziz Mirza
Starring: Rani Mukerji, Shahrukh Khan
Priya and Raj are two sides of a coin, different as chalk and cheese. Raj is an impulsive middle class, hard working, emotional fellow. He allows Cupi... Read more
Chaos (2001)
7.1/10
Director: Coline Serreau
Starring: Catherine Frot, Vincent Lindon, Rachida Brakni
Seething dark comedy from writer/director Coline Serreau ("Romuald and Juliette") centers on a middle-class Parisian woman (Catherine Frot) who witnes... Read more
Chaotic Ana (2007)
6.4/10
Director: Julio Medem
Starring: Manuela Velles, Charlotte Rampling, Bebe , Asier Newman, Nicolas Cazale
Ana (Manuela Velles) is an innocent, living a sheltered existence as an artist in an Ibizan cave with her father; but when Justine (Charlotte Rampling... Read more
Character (1997)
7.8/10
Director: Mike Van Diem
Starring: Fedja Van Huet, Jan Decleir, Betty Schuurman
Winner of the 1997 Best Foreign Film at the Academy Awards, this Dickensian drama is set in Rotterdam during the 1920s detailing the events that occur... Read more
Charisma (1999)
7/10
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Starring: Koji Yakusho, Ren Osugi, Jun Fubuki, Yoriko Douguchi, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
Part eco-thriller, part existentialist fable, 'Charisma' is a bizarre allegorical tale from director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, exposing a sinister natural wor... Read more
Children of Heaven (1997)
8.3/10
Director: Majid Majidi
Starring: Mohammad Amir Naji, Karnal Mirkarimi, Amir Farrokh Hashemian
This acclaimed heart-warming tale follows two young siblings in an Iranian city as they try to keep the loss of their sister's only shoes from their p... Read more