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!
Double Lover (L'Amant double) (2017)
6.2/10
Director: Francois Ozon
Starring: Marine Vacth, Jeremie Renier, Jacqueline Bisset
Chloé, a woman with a fragile mental state, falls for her psychoanalyst, Paul. But after moving in with him a few months later, she discovers a part o... Read more
Double Lover (L'Amant double) (Blu-ray) (2017)
7.6/10
Director: Francois Ozon
Starring: Marine Vacth, Jeremie Renier, Jacqueline Bisset
Chloé, a woman with a fragile mental state, falls for her psychoanalyst, Paul. But after moving in with him a few months later, she discovers a part o... Read more
Dr Knock (Knock) (2017)
7.5/10
Director: Lorraine Levy
Starring: Sabine Azema, Michel Vuillermoz, Audrey Dana, Pascal Elbe, Alex Lutz, Omar Sy, A...
Knock, a retired crook-turned-qualified doctor, arrives in the small village of Saint-Maurice to implement a method' that he believes will make him ri... Read more
East / West (1999)
7.5/10
Director: Regis Wargnier
Starring: Sandrine Bonnaire, Catherine Deneuve, Oleg Menshikov, Sergei Bodrov Jr
In this Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Film, Russian emigres are invited to return home by Stalin following World War II. But when a doctor, h... Read more
Eastern Boys (2013)
6.9/10
Director: Robin Campillo
Starring: Olivier Rabourdin, Kirill Emelyanov, Daniil Vorobyov
They come from all over Eastern Europe: Russia, Romania, Ukraine. They are Eastern boys. The oldest appear no more than 25; as for the youngest, there... Read more
Eden (2014)
6.4/10
Director: Mia Hansen-Love
Starring: Felix de Givry, Pauline Ettienne, Vincent Macaigne
The new film from Mia Hansen-Løve (THE FATHER OF MY CHILDREN, GOODBYE, FIRST LOVE) is a semi-biographical drama about the rise of the 'French touch' e... Read more
Eden is West (2008)
6.9/10
Director: Constantin Costa-Gavras
Starring: Riccardo Scamarcio
Legendary Greek director Costa-Gavras returns with perhaps his most personal film, a playful fairy tale about the hardships suffered by illegal immigr... Read more
Eiffel (2021)
6.2/10
Director: Martin Bourboulon
Starring: Romain Duris, Pierre Deladonchamps
The government is asking Eiffel to design something spectacular for the 1889 Paris World Fair, but Eiffel simply wants to design the subway. Suddenly,... Read more
Elena and Her Men (1956)
6.4/10
Director: Jean Renoir
Starring: Ingrid Bergman, Jean Marais, Mel Ferrer
A lively Technicolor romantic comedy from Jean Renoir starring Ingrid Bergman as a beautiful but impoverished Polish princess in turn-of-the-century P... Read more
Elle (2016)
7.1/10
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny
A successful businesswoman gets caught up in a game of cat and mouse as she tracks down the unknown man who raped her. Read more