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)
Earth (1998)
7.8/10
Director: Deepa Mehta
Starring: Shabana Azmi, Nandita Das, Kulbushan Kharbanda
A powerful, moving tale about real people caught in a historical nightmare. The movie opens in Lahore of 1947, before India and Pakistan became indepe... Read more
East / West (1999)
7.5/10
Director: Regis Wargnier
Starring: Sandrine Bonnaire, Catherine Deneuve, Oleg Menshikov, Sergei Bodrov Jr
In this Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Film, Russian emigres are invited to return home by Stalin following World War II. But when a doctor, h... Read more
Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
7.8/10
Director: Ang Lee
Starring: Sihung Lung, Kuei-Mei Yang, Yu-Wen Wang
Acclaimed comedy-drama from Ang Lee ("The Wedding Banquet") about Chu, a widowed master chef facing such problems as losing his sense of taste, his th... Read more
Ebola Syndrome (1996)
6.6/10
Director: Herman Yau
Starring: Anthony Wong, Fui-On Shing, Yeung Ming Wan
Anthony Wong is Kai, a man with a grudge against the world. Fleeing from a murder charge he winds up in Africa where he rapes a dying woman. He cont... Read more
Ecce Bombo (1978)
7/10
Director: Nanni Moretti
Starring: Nanni Moretti
An ironic peek into the life of a group of Italian university students in the 1970s. Read more
Eden (2006)
7.2/10
Director: Michael Hofmann
Starring: Josef Ostendorf, Charlotte Roche, Devid Striesow, Max Rudlinger
A curious and piognant romantic drama that sensitively unfurls the relationship between Eden, a married but lonely waitress, and her hulking and socia... Read more
Edvard Munch (1976)
8.4/10
Director: Peter Watkins
Starring: Geir Westby, Gro Fraas, Eli Ryg
This biographical dramatisation of Norway's most famous artist reveals the tumultuous events of his life as recorded in Munch's own memoirs. With stuf... Read more
Eiffel (2021)
6.2/10
Director: Martin Bourboulon
Starring: Romain Duris, Pierre Deladonchamps
The government is asking Eiffel to design something spectacular for the 1889 Paris World Fair, but Eiffel simply wants to design the subway. Suddenly,... Read more
Eklavya: The Royal Guard (2007)
6.2/10
Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Vidya Balan, Sanjay Dutt
Set in the princely state of Rajasthan in India, this picturesque and dramatic thriller stars veteran Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan as Eklavaya, th... Read more
Eko Eko Azarak II: Birth of the Wizard (1996)
Director: Shimako Sato
Starring: Kimika Yoshino, Wataru Shihodo, Chieko Shiratori, Akira Otani, Eisei Amamoto, Ak...
In this prequel to the first film an evil spirit has massacred a village of witches and wizards in ancient Japan. Skip to present day and an archaeol... Read more