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)
La Chevre ( The Goat ) (1981)
7.4/10
Director: Francis Veber
Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Pedro Armendariz, Pierre Richard, Corynne Charbit
A classic French farce from Francis Veber, his first with comic duo Gerard Depardieu and Pierre Richard. Depardieu is the top private eye and Richard... Read more
La Grande Bouffe (1973)
7.2/10
Director: Marco Ferreri
Starring: Marcello Mastroianni, Philippe Noiret, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Piccoli
Four men, bored with everything in life, decide to end it all in one impeccably well catered marathon assault on their systems in this chilling, humou... Read more
La Haine ( Hate ) (1995)
8.1/10
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz
Starring: Hubert Kounde, Vincent Cassel
This angry indictment of life on a Parisian housing estate is packed with sharp street humour, intense action and propelled by brutally brilliant came... Read more
La moglie più bella/The Most Beautiful Wife (Blu-ray) (1970)
Starring: Ornella Muti
Based on the story of Franca Viola and Filippo Melodia. In Sicily, as a Mafia boss leaves for prison, he advises Vito, a young man who's his potential... Read more
La Nostra Vita (2010)
6.7/10
Director: Daniele Luchetti
Starring: Elio Germano, Raoul Bova, Isabella Ragonese, Luca Zingaretti
Claudio works in the suburbs of Rome. He is in love with his wife who is pregnant with their third child. A dramatic event upsets his life. Claudio fi... Read more
La Petite Jerusalem (2005)
Director: Karin Albou
Starring: Fanny Valette, Elsa Zylberstein, Bruno Todeschini, Heidi Tillette deClermont Ton...
An orthodox Jewish teen living with her family in a tight-knit Jewish suburb in Paris attempts to balance her religious upbringing with her increasing... Read more
La Terra Trema (1948)
7.9/10
Director: Luchino Visconti
Luchino Visconti's epic-saga of Sicilian fisherman remains one of the most important films of Italian neo-realism. Shot entirely on location in Sicily... Read more
La Vache (2016)
6.8/10
Director: Mohamed Hamidi
Starring: Lambert Wilson, Jamel Debbouze
An Algerian man's life-long dream finally comes true when he receives an invitation to take his cow Jacqueline to the Paris International Agriculture... Read more
Lagaan (2001)
8.1/10
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker
Starring: Aamir Khan, Rachel Shelley, Gracy Singh
Aka 'Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India'. In 1890s India, drought-plagued villagers are faced with paying extraordinarily high "lagaan", or land tax, t... Read more
Lamb (2021)
6.4/10
Starring: Noomi Rapace
A childless couple, María and Ingvar discover a mysterious newborn on their farm in Iceland. The unexpected prospect of family life brings them much j... Read more