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!
My Brother's Band (2024)
Director: Emmanuel Courcol
Starring: Benjamin Lavernhe
Acclaimed conductor Thibaut has leukemia and needs a bone marrow donor. Learning he was adopted, he finds an older brother, a musician and factory wor... Read more
My Days of Glory (2019)
5.6/10
Starring: Vincent Lacoste, Emmanuelle Devos, Christopher Lambert
An actor who enjoyed success in his youth finds his career and life in a downward spiral as he gets older. Read more
My Father's Glory (1990)
7.6/10
Director: Yves Robert
Starring: Philippe Caubere, Nathalie Roussel, Didier Pain
Author Marcel Pagnol's childhood reminiscences about life in the South of France at the turn of the century make up this bittersweet look at the joys... Read more
My Favourite Season ( Ma Saison Preferee ) (1993)
Director: Andre Techine
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Daniel Auteuil, Marthe Villalonga, Jean-Pierre Bouvier, Carme...
When their aging mother is faced with encroaching infirmity, middle-aged brother and sister Emilie (Catherine Deneuve) and Antoine (Daniel Auteuil) ar... Read more
My Friends My Loves (2008)
Director: Lorraine Levy
Starring: Vincent Lindon, Pascal Elbe, Virginie Ledoyen, Florence Foresti, Bernadette Lafo...
French romantic-comedy escapism with an 'Odd Couple' set-up. It is set, and filmed, in South Kensington, in a small French enclave known as, of course... Read more
My Mother's Castle (1990)
7.6/10
Director: Yves Robert
Starring: Julien Caimaca, Philippe Caubere, Nathalie Roussel
The continuation of Marcel Pagnol's adventures begun in "My Father's Glory" follows the young protagonist's experiences in a prestigious school, his C... Read more
My Piece of the Pie (2011)
5.8/10
Director: Cedric Klapisch
Starring: Karin Viard, Zinedine Soualem, Kevin Bishop, Gilles Lellouche, Jean-Pierre Marti...
Her factory job of 20 years lost to a shutdown, a single mom (Karin Viard) has to scrape for whatever opportunity she can find, and unknowingly winds... Read more
My Wife is an Actress (2001)
6.5/10
Director: Yvan Attal
Starring: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Yvan Attal, Terence Stamp
A French sports journalist (Yvan Attal, who also wrote and directed) is constantly vexed by the attention lavished upon his beautiful actress wife (At... Read more
Narco: Secret Adventures of Gustav Klopp (2004)
Director: Tristan Aurouet, Gilles Lellouche
Starring: Guillaume Canet, Zabou, Benoit Poelvoorde, Guillaume Gallienne, Jean-Claude Van...
Gustav Klopp (Guillaume Canet) is narcoleptic, and holding down a job is difficult. At best, drive-through customers don't get their pizzas; at worst,... Read more
Nathalie... (2003)
6.4/10
Director: Anne Fontaine
Starring: Fanny Ardant, Gerard Depardieu, Emmanuelle Beart
Aka "Nathalie X". A psychological drama from the writer of "A Pornographic Affair" in which a middle-aged woman fears that her husband is cheating on... Read more