French Cinema
The influence of France on the world screen is undeniable. From early inventors and pioneers such as the Lumiere Brothers, George Melies and Alice Guy Blache, the birth of cinema can virtually be traced back to French shores. Cinematic innovators such as Jean Renoir and Michael Carne followed. By the 1960s New Wave directors like Truffaut, Godard and Chabrol had an indelible impact on fledgling American film makers such as Scorsese, Coppola and Bogdanovich who revolutionised the way films were made in the US; studios fell, auteurs ruled. With the advent of television, French film budgets shrank but thanks to government intervention and a good deal of imagination, French cinema is still going strong with contemporary talents like Jean-Jaques Beineix, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Luc Besson and the controversial Gaspar Noe.
At Alice we're very proud of our extensive French collection, covering all genres from French farce to period drama, magical realism to mystery and suspense. Viva la France!
Code Unknown (2000)
7.2/10
Director: Michael Haneke
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Luminita Gheorghiu, Thierry Neuvic, Sepp Bierbichler, Arsinee...
A fragmented tale of racism, intolerance, and hatred in modern-day Paris. The focus of the narrative is split between three sets of people: the French... Read more
Coeur Fidele (Blu-ray) (1923)
8.1/10
Director: Jean Epstein
Marie wants to escape from her job and also from her lover, Paul, an unemployed drunk. She dreams of going off with Jean, a dockworker. The two men qu... Read more
Coeurs (2006)
5.5/10
Director: Alain Resnais
Starring: Andre Dussollier, Sabine Azema, Lambert Wilson, Laura Morante
The lives of six middle-class Parisians are placed under the microscope in this intimate drama from director Alain Resnais. Adapted from the Alan Ayck... Read more
Come Dance With Me (1959)
6.3/10
Director: Michel Boisrond
Starring: Brigitte Bardot, Henri Vidal, Dawn Adams
This comedy-mystery was another vehicle for Brigitte Bardot who repeats her sex-kitten persona with ease. Temporarily separated from his new, delecta... Read more
Comedy of Innocence (2000)
6.8/10
Director: Raoul Ruiz
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Charles Berling, Jeanne Balibar
Shortly after his 9th birthday, Camille tells his mother Ariane (Huppert) that he would like to return to his "real" mother Isabella (Balibar) a decla... Read more
comment j'ai tue mon pere (2001)
Director: Anne Fontaine
Starring: Michel Bouquet, Charles Berling, Natacha Regnier, Amira Casar, Hubert Kounde, Ka...
When his long-time disappeared father is entering his life again, Jean-Luc, a successful doctor, has no option but to face his own life story. Will he... Read more
Contempt ( Le Mepris ) (1963)
7.7/10
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Starring: Brigitte Bardot, Jack Palance, Michel Piccoli, Georgia Moll, Fritz Lang
Aka "Le Mepris". Featuring Brigitte Bardot in a tale of film producer Jack Palance making a film directed by Fritz Lang (who plays himself in the film... Read more
Conversations With My Gardener (2007)
7.1/10
Director: Jean Becker
Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Fanny Cottencon, Hiam Abbass, Alexis Bar...
An artist moves to the country and strikes up an unlikely friendship with the gardener - a man he knew as a child many years before. As the men talk t... Read more
Copacabana (2010)
6.8/10
Director: Marc Fitoussi
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Aure Atika, Jurgen Delnaet, Lolita Chammah, Chantal Banlier
Babou (Isabelle Huppert) is the ultimate free spirit, an unemployed single mother living in the North of France, she has lived all over the world, tho... Read more
Courted (2015)
6.6/10
Director: Christian Vincent
Starring: Fabrice Luchini, Sidse Babett Knudsen
Michel Racine is a feared president of Assize Court, as strict with himself as with others. Everything changes when he meets again Ditte when she's se... Read more