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)
My Wife is an Actress (2001)
6.5/10
Director: Yvan Attal
Starring: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Yvan Attal, Terence Stamp
A French sports journalist (Yvan Attal, who also wrote and directed) is constantly vexed by the attention lavished upon his beautiful actress wife (At... Read more
Mysterious Object at Noon (2000)
7/10
Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Based around the surrealist story-telling device known as 'Exquisite Corpse', this unique film from Thailand had the director travelling around villag... Read more
Naked Youth (1960)
7/10
Director: Nagisa Oshima
Starring: Yoshiko Kuga
A harsh young man seduces a freeloading young woman and eventually takes advantage of her knack for hitch-hiking to rob middle-class men. Read more
Naqaab: Disguised Intentions (2007)
5.4/10
Director: Abbas Burmawalla, Mustan Burmawalla
Starring: Bobby Deol, Akshaye Khanna, Urvashi Sharma, Vishal Malhotra, Vikaas Kalantri, Ra...
Bobby Deol stars in this Bollywood thriller as a millioniare who has fallen in love with a girl who works in Burger King (Urvashi Sharma). All is hun... Read more
Narco: Secret Adventures of Gustav Klopp (2004)
Director: Tristan Aurouet, Gilles Lellouche
Starring: Guillaume Canet, Zabou, Benoit Poelvoorde, Guillaume Gallienne, Jean-Claude Van...
Gustav Klopp (Guillaume Canet) is narcoleptic, and holding down a job is difficult. At best, drive-through customers don't get their pizzas; at worst,... Read more
Nathalie... (2003)
6.4/10
Director: Anne Fontaine
Starring: Fanny Ardant, Gerard Depardieu, Emmanuelle Beart
Aka "Nathalie X". A psychological drama from the writer of "A Pornographic Affair" in which a middle-aged woman fears that her husband is cheating on... Read more
Natural City (2003)
5.8/10
Director: Byung-chun Min
Starring: Ji-tae Yu, Jae-un Lee, Rin Seo, Chan Yoon
Post-apocalypse 2080. Cyborgs with artificial intelligence, great strength and emotion exist but they live just a few short years. Cue star-crossed... Read more
Nazarin (1959)
7.8/10
Director: Luis Bunuel
Starring: Francisco Rabal
A priest in a poor community lives a charitable life in accordance with his religious principles, but many others do not return the favor. Read more
Nelly and Mr Arnaud (1995)
Director: Claude Sautet
Starring: Emmanuelle Beart, Michel Serrault, Claire Nadeau
Almost a follow-up to director Claude Sautet's 'A Heart in Winter'. A subtle, beautifully acted story of a 25 year old woman in debt and stuck in a n... Read more
Neon Bull (2015)
6.9/10
Starring: Maeve Jinkings, Virgil
Iremar works at the rodeo in North East of Brazil. From his home, the truck used to transport the animals, he dreams of a future in the region's boomi... Read more