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!
Paris, 13th District (2021)
7/10
Director: Jacques Audiard
Émilie meets Camille who is attracted to Nora, who crosses paths with Amber. Three girls and a boy - they're friends, sometimes lovers and often both. Read more
Paris, Je T'aime (2006)
7.3/10
Director: Alexander Payne, Alfonso Cuaron, Gurinder Chadha, Gus Van Sant, Joel Coen, Oliver Schmitz, Olivier Assayas, Tom Tykwer, Walter Salles, Wes Craven, Sylvain Chomet, etc , Gerard Depardieu
Starring: Leila Bekhti, Juliette Binoche, Steve Buscemi, Sergio Castellitto, Willem Dafoe,...
A grand anthology of love letters to the city of romance from a stunningly varied array of international directors from the Coen Brothers to Alfonso C... Read more
Paris-Manhattan (2012)
6.1/10
Director: Sophie Lellouche
Starring: Michel Aumont, Alice Taglioni, Patrick Bruel, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Marine D...
A French romantic comedy which is centered on a woman with an obsessive love of Woody Allen films. Parisian pharmacist Alice (Alice Taglioni) has been... Read more
Pars Vite et Reviens Tard (Have Mercy On Us All) (Blu-ray) (2007)
5.6/10
Director: Regis Wargnier
Starring: Jose Garcia, Marie Gillain, Olivier Gourmet, Nicolas Cazale, Michel Serrault
A modern-day Parisian town crier gradually learns that someone is using him to give cryptic warnings of a plague outbreak in the city. Read more
Passion (1982)
6.4/10
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Hanna Schygulla, Michel Piccoli
Godard takes the themes of love, work and the cinema, and weaves around them an extraordinary mix of sounds and images. The plot concerns a film direc... Read more
Pauline at the Beach (1982)
7.5/10
Director: Eric Rohmer
Starring: Amanda Langlet, Arielle Dombasle, Feodor Atkine
Eric Rohmer explores the complicated and comical romantic and sexual entanglements of six people on summer holiday. The coincidences, misunderstanding... Read more
Peekaboo! ( Cache Cache ) (2005)
6.9/10
Director: Yves Caumon
Starring: Antoine Chappey, Bernard Blancan, Lucia Sanchez
The story of an expropriated farmer who hides in the bottom of a well. From his well, he observes the newcomers in his own house. He tries to understa... Read more
Penny Pincher! (Radin!) (2016)
5.8/10
Director: Fred Cavaye
Starring: Dany Boon, Laurence Arne, Noemie Schmidt
François' problems mount when a 16-year-old girl shows up and claims to be his daughter. Read more
Pepe le Moko (1937)
7.7/10
Director: Julien Duvivier
Starring: Jean Gabin, Mireille Balin, Lucas Gridoux
The notorious Pepe le Moko (Jean Gabin, in a truly iconic performance) is a wanted man: women long for him, rivals hope to destroy him, and the law is... Read more
Perfumes (2019)
6.6/10
Starring: Emmanuelle Devos, Sergi Lopez, Sacha Bourdo
Anne Walberg is a celebrity in the perfume world. She creates fragrances and sells her incredible talent to companies of all kinds. She lives as a div... Read more