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)
Life of Jesus (1997)
7.1/10
Director: Bruno Dumont
Starring: Kader Chaatouf, David Douche
Far from the religious biopic its title implies, this powerful French drama follows the slacker-like existence of 20-year-old epileptic, Freddy, who s... Read more
Life Show (2002)
Director: Huo Jianqi
Starring: Tao Hong, Tao Zeru
Adapted from the acclaimed novel by Chi Li, this affecting character study centres on Lai Shuang Yang a young, single woman living in revolutionary Ch... Read more
Like Two Crocodiles (1994)
Director: Giacomo Campiotti
Starring: Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Giancarlo Giannini, Valeria Golino, Ignazio Oliva
Gabriele (Fabrizio Bentivoglio) is a successful Italian antique dealer living in Paris. He has wealth, status, a girlfriend - a life perfectly manufac... Read more
Little Nicholas' Treasure (2021)
Director: Julien Rappeneau
Starring: Audrey Lamy, Jean-Paul Rouve, Pierre Arditi, Gregory Gadebois, Jean-Pierre Darro...
What Nicholas (9) loves most is playing with his gang of middle school pals, The Invincibles. Adorable, yet mischievous, they have all sorts of advent... Read more
Live and Become (2005)
7.9/10
Director: Radu Mihaileanu
Starring: Yael Abecassis, Roschdy Zem, Moshe Agazai, Moshe Abebe, Sirak M Sabahat, Roni Ha...
In 1984, at the height of the Ethiopian famine, Israel put 'Operation Moses' into effect where they airlifted over 8000 Jews from the afflicted region... Read more
Live Flesh (1997)
7.4/10
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Starring: Angela Molina, Francesca Neri, Javier Bardem, Liberto Rabal, Penelope Cruz
During a fight with his junkie girlfriend, police intervene and an officer is shot. Six years later the wrongly convicted Victor is shocked to learn h... Read more
Longing for New Zealand (2009)
4.9/10
Director: Michael Keusch
Starring: Vicky Haughton, Dietrich Mattausch
Upon making a mysterious inheritance in New Zealand, New York publisher Paige Duvall travels to the Antipodes to learn what this is all about. There s... Read more
Look At Me (2004)
6.9/10
Director: Agnes Jaoui
Starring: Virginie Desarnauts, Keine Bouhiza, Gregoire Oestermann, Serge Riaboukine, Miche...
Lolita is the daughter of a famous writer, struggling to define her own identity in this witty French comedy. She's self-concious about her weight but... Read more
Lost Illusions (2021)
7.4/10
Director: Xavier Giannoli
Starring: Cecile De France, Vincent Lacoste, Xavier Dolan, Jeanne Balibar, Andre Marcon, L...
Story of the rise and the fall of a young man in Paris who dreamed to be a writer and became a journalist. Read more
Lost Times (2009)
7.1/10
Starring: Csaba Czene
1997. Young car mechanic Iván lives in a godforsaken village in eastern Hungary. He looks after his mentally disabled sister Eszter and earns extra mo... Read more