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)
The Edukators (2004)
7.5/10
Director: Hans Weingartner
Starring: Daniel Bruhl, Stipe Erceg, Julia Jentsch, Burghart Klaussner, Petra Zieser
Jan (Daniel Bruhl) and Peter (Stipe Erceg) are young left-wing idealists making their anti-capitalist statement by breaking into rich people's homes a... Read more
The Emperor's Journey ( aka La Marche De L'Empereur ) (2005)
Director: Luc Jacquet
Starring: Narrated by, Romane Bohringer, Charles Berling, Jules Sitruk
Filmmaker Luc Jacquet's original French language version of his Academy Award-winning documentary, 'March of the Penguins'. Unlike the American releas... Read more
The End of Summer (1961)
6.2/10
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Starring: Setsuko Hara, Ganjiro Nakamura, Yoko Tsukasa
Aka "Early Autumn". The penultimate film by Yasujiro Ozu examines the difficulties faced by the Kohayagawa family as they struggle to adapt their trad... Read more
The Enigma Of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
7.9/10
Director: Werner Herzog
Starring: Bruno S, Walter Ladengast, Brigitte Mira
About a young man who in the 1820's suddenly appeared in a small German town, full-grown but seemingly a new born child, unable to speak and stand. Br... Read more
The Escort (1999)
6.3/10
Director: Michael Blanc
Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Stuart Townsend, Noah Taylor, Frances Barber, Claire Skinner
Daniel Auteuil is Pierre, a French academic who leaves his family in Paris feeling that his life has been without risk or challenge. He moves to Lond... Read more
The Experiment (2001)
7.7/10
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Starring: Moritz Bleibtreu, Maren Eggert, Christian Berkel
Aka "Das Experiment". An undercover reporter signs up to be a paid volunteer in a two-week scientific research project designed to test the psychologi... Read more
The Extraordinary (The Specials) (2019)
8.6/10
Director: Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano
Starring: Vincent Cassel, Reda Kateb
The story of two men, educators of children and adolescents with autism. Read more
The Eye 2 (2004)
5.7/10
Director: Danny Pang, Oxide Pang
Starring: Shu Qi, Eugenia Yuan, Jesdaporn Pholdee, Philip Kwok, Rayson Tan
Joey Cheng (Shu Qi) has terrible mood swings and a crumbling relationship. After surviving an overdose of pills she discovers she's pregnant - and the... Read more
The Ferpect Crime (2004)
7.1/10
Director: Alex De La Iglesia
Starring: Guillermo Toledo, Monica Cervera, Luis Varela
Aka 'The Ferpect Crime.' While working in the women's clothing section of a fashionable Madrid department store, a suave salesman makes money while pu... Read more
The Firemen's Ball (1967)
7.6/10
Director: Milos Forman
Starring: Vaclav Stockel, Josef Svet, Josef Kolb
A milestone of the Czech New Wave, Milos Forman's first colour film "The Firemen's Ball" is both a dazzling comedy and a provocative political satire.... Read more