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!
Farewell to the Night (L'adieu à la nuit) (2019)
6.3/10
Director: Andre Techine
Starring: Catherine Deneuve
Muriel farms horses and owns an almond plantation. When her grandson comes to visit her for one last time before he leaves for Canada she learns that... Read more
Farewell, Friend (1968)
7.1/10
Director: Jean Herman
Starring: Alain Delon, Charles Bronson, Olga Georges-Picot, Bernard Fresson
Aka 'Honor Among Thieves'. Years after serving together in the French Foreign Legion, American soldier of fortune Franz Propp (Charles Bronson) and Fr... Read more
Farewell, Mr Haffmann (2021)
7/10
Director: Fred Cavaye
Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Gilles Lellouche
After the Nazi occupation of Paris, a talented jeweller, Joseph Haffmann, arranges for his family to flee the city and offers one of his employee the... Read more
Farewell, My Queen (2012)
6.3/10
Director: Benoit Jacquot
Starring: Virginie Ledoyen, Diane Kruger, Lea Seydoux, Noemie Lvovsky, Xavier Beauvois
Based on the best-selling novel by Chantal Thomas, Lea Seydoux stars as one of Marie Antoinette's (Diane Kruger) ladies-in-waiting, seemingly an innoc... Read more
Father of My Children (2009)
6.7/10
Director: Mia Hansen-Love
Starring: Chiara Caselli, Alice de Lencquesaing, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing
One of the great discoveries at Cannes (Winner - Un Certain Regard - Special Jury Prize), as well as New Directors/New Films and the Toronto Film Fest... Read more
Fear and Trembling (2003)
7.1/10
Director: Alain Corneau
Starring: Sylvie Testud, Kaori Tsuji, Taro Suwa, Bison Katayama, Yasunari Kondo, Sokyu Fuj...
This comedy of cultural errors sees Belgian Amelie (Sylvie Testud) returning to Japan after pleasant memories from her childhood there. However as a... Read more
Fear(s) of the Dark (2007)
6.8/10
Director: Blutch , Charles Burns, Marie Caillou, Pierre Di Sciullo, Lorenzo Mattotti, Richard McGuire
Six of the world's most talented graphic artists and animators come together to breathe vivid life into their greatest nightmares in this animated hor... Read more
Female Agents (2008)
6.8/10
Director: Jean-Paul Salome
Starring: Sophie Marceau, Julie Depardieu, Marie Gillain, Deborah Francois, Moritz Bleibtr...
In May 1944, a group of French servicewomen and resistance fighters are enlisted into the British Special Operations Executive commando group for two... Read more
Fiesta (1996)
6/10
Director: Pierre Boutron
Starring: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Gregoire Colin
Set in Spain during the 1936 civil war and exploring the evolution of two individuals; a young man growing from gilded carefree adolescence into a kil... Read more
Finally Sunday! ( Confidentially Yours ) (1983)
7.4/10
Director: Francois Truffaut
Starring: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Fanny Ardant
A.k.a. 'Confidentially Yours'. A wife and her lover are found murdered. Suspicion falls on her estate agent husband whose loyal secretary tries to pro... Read more