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)
Il Postino ( The Postman ) (1994)
7.7/10
Director: Michael Radford
Starring: Massimo Troisi, Philippe Noiret, Linda Moretti
Aka 'The Postman'. Massimo Troisi stars as a humble postman in a small beautiful Italian village, whose life is transformed by the simple powers of po... Read more
Ilo Ilo (2013)
7.3/10
In 90s Singapore, the friendship between Filipino nursemaid Teresa and her young charge Jiale makes waves in a family, while the Asian recession hits... Read more
In My Skin (2003)
6.3/10
Director: Marina de Van
Starring: Marina de Van, Laurent Lucas
Esther, a young research analysist, has an accident which leaves her badly cut and she develops an unhealthy obsession with what her body holds and ho... Read more
In The Eye Of The Hurricane (Blu-ray) (1971)
6.2/10
Director: José María Forqué
Starring: Jean Sorel, Rosanna Yanni
Ruth and Michel separate after Ruth finds another man, Paul. Ruth and Paul go to her sunny, idyllic beach side villa to spend summer. They are having... Read more
In The Face Of Crime (2010)
8/10
Starring: Max Riemelt, Ronald Zehrfeld, Mark Ivanir
The worlds of a young Russo-German cop who investigates within the Berlin Russian mafia milieu and a young Russian woman who is forced into prostituti... Read more
In the Name Of The Land (Au nom de la terre) (2019)
6.6/10
Director: Edouard Bergeon
Starring: Guillaume Canet, Veerle Baetens
Pierre is 25 when he returns from Wyoming to his fiancée and take over the family farm. Twenty years later, the farm expanded and so did the family. Read more
In The Realm Of The Senses (1976)
6.6/10
Director: Nagisa Oshima
Starring: Aio Nakajima, Eiko Matsuda, Tatsuya Fuji
Tells of the bizarre true-to-life love affair between a gangster and a prostitute in 1930s Japan. Highlighted by lush visuals and graphic sex, as well... Read more
In Your Hands (2004)
6.9/10
Director: Annette K Olesen
Starring: Ann Eleonora Jorgensen, Trine Dyrholm, Nicolaj Kopernikus Christiansen, Sonja Ri...
Set in a women's prison, this award-winning film is the 10th feature to be made adhering to the strict rules of the Dogme Manifesto, introduced by Lar... Read more
Incitement (2019)
7/10
Director: Yaron Zilberman
Details the year leading to the assassination of Israel's Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin (1922-1995), from the point of view of the assassin. A psycho... Read more
Indochine (1992)
7.1/10
Director: Regis Wargnier
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Perez, Linh Dan Pham
Set in 1930's French Indo-China this film studies the fascinating relation-ship between two women - a French mother and her adopted Indochinese daught... Read more