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)
Seven Swords (2005)
6.2/10
Director: Tsui Hark
Starring: Donnie Yen, Leon Lai, Charlie Yeung, Liwu Dai, Duncan Lai, Liu Chia-Liang, Yi Lu...
Donnie Yen heads an all-star martial arts cast in this period actioner set in 1660s China where a ban on martial arts has lead to vicious bands of bou... Read more
Sex and Fury (1973)
Director: Norifumi Suzuki
Starring: Reiko Ike, Christina Linberg, Masataka Narasu
Director Norifumi Suzuki's wild, erotic and violent exploitation classic tells the story of Ocho (Reiko Ike), carrying out a blood-soaked mission of r... Read more
Sex and Lucia (2001)
7.2/10
Director: Julio Medem
Starring: Paz Vega, Tristan Ulloa, Najwa Nimri, Daniel Freire, Elena Anaya, Javier Camara,...
Lucia is a young waitress who lives and works in Madrid. When she hears of the death of her long-time writer boyfriend Lorenzo, she seeks refuge on a... Read more
Sex is Comedy (2002)
5.7/10
Director: Catherine Breillat
Starring: Anne Parillaud, Gregoire Colin, Roxane Mesquida, Ashley Wanninger
Catherine Breillat's "Sex is Comedy" was inspired by her own experiences shooting a sex scene in her controversial feature "A Ma Soeur". Anne Parillau... Read more
Shadow Magic (1999)
7.2/10
Director: Ann Hu
Starring: Jared Harris, Xia Yu, Liu Pei Qui
Peking, 1902. Travelling English showman Jared Harris teams with photographer Xia Yu to bring the amazing new art form of motion pictures to remote vi... Read more
Shadow of the Wraith (2001)
Director: Toshiharu Ikeda
Starring: Yuichi Matsuo, Koji Matsuo, Hitomi Miwa, Asumi Miwa, Mikio Osawa
Two terrifying tales of suspense are interconnected in this chilling anthology by director Toshiharu Ikeda. While Ryoji already has a girlfriend, Asaj... Read more
Shadows of Time (2004)
7.7/10
Director: Florian Gallenberger
Starring: Prashant Narayanan, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Irfan Khan, Tilotama Shome
German filmmaker Florian Gallenberger makes her feature debut with this epic Indian love story spanning 60 years. In the early 1940s Riva and Masha a... Read more
Shanghai Triad (1995)
7.2/10
Director: Zhang Yimou
Starring: Gong Li, Li Baotian, Li Xuejian, Sun Chun
Zhang Yimou's absorbing tale of the Chinese underworld in the 1930s, focusing on a boy who's hired to be the silent servant of a pampered nightclub qu... Read more
Shaolin Soccer (2001)
7.3/10
Director: Stephen Chow
Starring: Stephen Chow, Vicki Zhao
Sing is an exceptionally skilled Shaolin kung fu devotee who's fallen on hard times when his amazing 'leg of steel' catches the eye of an equally down... Read more
Sheitan (2006)
5.7/10
Director: Kim Chapiron
Starring: Vincent Cassel, Roxane Mesquida, Olivier Barthelemy, Nico Le Phat Tan, Ladj Ly,...
A madcap French frightener featuring a suitably demented Vincent Cassel as Joseph, a rural, satan-worshipping handyman/caretaker! When Eve, the daugh... Read more