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)
A Chinese Torture Chamber Story (1994)
5.9/10
Director: Bosco Lam
Starring: Ewong Yueng, Lawrence Ng, Tommy Wong
"A corrupt judge protects his lecherous son from charges of murder by pinning the rap on virginal beauty Little Cabbage and a handsome scholar, with a... Read more
A City Of Sadness (1989)
7.9/10
Director: Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Starring: Tony Leung (Chiu Wai)
A beautiful, historical film based upon the complex lives of four brothers. Read more
A Common Thread ( aka Brodeuses ) (2004)
7/10
Director: Eleonore Faucher
Starring: Lola Naymark, Ariane Ascaride, Marie Felix, Thomas Laroppe, Arthur Quehen, Jacki...
Luscious and powerful, this French drama follows Claire, a pregnant teen working in a supermarket who's moved out of home not wanting her parents to k... Read more
A Fantastic Woman (2017)
7.2/10
Director: Sebastian Lelio
Starring: Luis Gnecco, Amparo Noguera
Marina, a transgender woman who works as a waitress and moonlights as a nightclub singer, is bowled over by the death of her older boyfriend. Read more
A Few Days in September (2006)
5.4/10
Director: Santiago Amigorena
Starring: Juliette Binoche, John Turturro, Sara Forestier, Tom Riley, Nick Nolte
An international tale of intrigue with more than a hint of satire has Juliette Binoche as a French agent on the trail of a missing CIA operative with... Read more
A Friendly Tale (2020)
Director: Daniel Cohen
Starring: Vincent Cassel, Berenice Bejo, Francois Damiens, Florence Foresti
The harmony between the four friends, two couples, is challenged, when Léa writes a bestseller novel. Read more
A Heart Elsewhere (2003)
Director: Pupi Avati
Starring: Neri Marcore, Vanessa Incontrada, Giancarlo Giannini
Aka "Il Cuore Altrove". Nello Balocchi, a 35-year-old teacher of Greek and Latin, shy and reserved by nature, is invited to Bologna by his father Cesa... Read more
A Hero (2021)
7.5/10
Director: Asghar Farhadi
Starring: Sarina Farhadi
Rahim is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor to withdraw his complaint again... Read more
A Hidden Life (2020)
7.4/10
Director: Terrence Malick
Starring: August Diehl, Maria Simon, Bruno Ganz, Matthias Schoenaerts, Tobias Moretti
The Austrian Franz Jägerstätter, a conscientious objector, refuses to fight for the Nazis in World War II. Read more
A Man and a Woman (1966)
7.6/10
Director: Claude Lelouch
Starring: Anouk Aimee, Jean-Louis Trintignant
One of cinema's great romances, this lyrical Claude Lelouch love story between widowed script girl Anouk Aimee and auto racer/widower Jean-Louis Trint... Read more