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!
Lost Illusions (2021)
7.4/10
Director: Xavier Giannoli
Starring: Cecile De France, Vincent Lacoste, Xavier Dolan, Jeanne Balibar, Andre Marcon, L...
Story of the rise and the fall of a young man in Paris who dreamed to be a writer and became a journalist. Read more
Lost in Paris (Paris pieds nus) (2016)
6.3/10
Director: Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon
Starring: Fiona Gordon, Emmanuele Riva, Dominique Abel
Fiona is a Canadian librarian who flies to Paris and discovers that her 88-year-old aunt is missing. As Fiona scours the city looking for her, she enc... Read more
Louis De Funes ( Mr Leguignon Lampiste / Peek-a-Boo / The Bouncing Beauty / The Big Vacation ) (1951)
7.9/10
Director: Maurice Labro, Jean Loubignac, Robert Dhery, Jean Girault
Starring: Louis De Funes
Louis de Funes was one of France's original funnymen, with the rubber-faced prankster hitting his stride in French slapstick comedies of the 50s, 60s... Read more
Louis Malle: Youth and Conflict ( Lacombe Lucien; Au Revoir, Les Enfants ) (1987)
8.3/10
Director: Louis Malle
Starring: Daniel Gelin, Francine Racette, Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejto, Pierre Blaise, A...
Louis Malle remains one of the most well-loved, and well-regarded French film makers from the 1960s right through to the 1990s. This double-pack compi... Read more
Louise-Michel (2008)
6.6/10
Director: Benoit Delepine, Gustave Kervern
Starring: Albert Dupontel, Mathieu Kassovitz, Benoit Poelvoorde, Bouli Lanners, Philippe K...
When a surprise downsizing leaves a group of French toy factory workers angling for revenge, slow-witted Louise (Yolande Moreau) comes up with a brigh... Read more
Lourdes (2009)
6.9/10
Director: Jessica Hausner
Starring: Elina Lowensohn, Bruno Todeschini, Lea Seydoux, Sylvie Testud
This subtly satiric, yet sometimes touching, examination of faith, desire, and religion stars Sylvie Testud as Christine, a woman suffering from multi... Read more
Love (2015)
6/10
Director: Gaspar Noe
Starring: Karl Glusman, Aomi Muyock, Klara Kristin
Murphy is an American living in Paris who enters a highly sexually and emotionally charged relationship with the unstable Electra. Unaware of the effe... Read more
Love (Blu-ray) (2015)
6.1/10
Director: Gaspar Noe
Starring: Karl Glusman, Aomi Muyock, Klara Kristin
Murphy is an American living in Paris who enters a highly sexually and emotionally charged relationship with the unstable Electra. Unaware of the effe... Read more
Love at First Fight (2014)
6.6/10
Director: Thomas Cailley
Starring: Kevin Azais, Adele Haenel, Antoine Laurent
Between his friends and the family business, Arnaud's summer looks set to be a peaceful one in his dead-end seaside town. Peaceful, that is, until he... Read more
Love Crime (2010)
6.5/10
Director: Alain Corneau
Starring: Kristin Scott Thomas, Ludivine Sagnier
This masterclass in filmmaking is set in the sterile offices of a large multinational company where Isabelle works for Christine, a powerful woman who... Read more