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!
Romantics Anonymous (2010)
6.9/10
Director: Jean-Pierre Ameris
Starring: Benoit Poelvoorde, Isabelle Carre
Love and chocolate are the predominant themes of this charming French romantic comedy in which Benoit Poelvoorde plays the owner of a small chocolate... Read more
Romuald and Juliette (1989)
Director: Coline Serreau
Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Firmine Richard, Pierre Vernier
Aka 'Mama, There's a Man in Your Bed'. Romuald (Daniel Auteuil) is the big-shot head of a yoghurt factory whose indifference to his buxom, black clean... Read more
Romy Schneider ( Love in the Rain / A Woman at Her Window ) (1973)
6.3/10
Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre, Jean-Claude Brialy
Starring: Nino Castelnuovo, Philippe Noiret, Romy Schneider, Suzanne Flon, Victor Lanoux,...
Romy Schneider was the beautiful and soulful heroine of many dramas who captivated audiences for decades before her untimely death at the age of 43. K... Read more
Room 212 (2019)
Director: Christophe Honore
Starring: Chiara Mastroianni, Vincent Lacoste, Carole Bouquet
After 20 years of marriage, Maria decides to leave. She moves to the room 212 of the hotel opposite her marital home. From there, Maria can scrutinize... Read more
Rosa's Wedding (2020)
6.4/10
Director: Iciar Bollain
Starring: Candela Pena, Sergi Lopez
Rosa is about to turn 45 and realises that she's always lived her life to serve everyone else. So she decides to leave it all behind and take charge o... Read more
Rosalie Blum (2015)
6.8/10
Director: Julien Rappeneau
Starring: Noemie Lvovsky, Alice Isaaz, Kyan Khojandi
Thirty-something Vincent Machot is a hairdresser whose life rotates around work, his overbearing mother and a womanising cousin constantly trying to s... Read more
Roselyne and the Lions (1989)
6.1/10
Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix
Starring: Isabelle Pasco, Gerard Sandoz, Phillippe Clevenot
From the director of 'Diva' and 'Betty Blue' comes yet another stylish work. A teenager leaves school and takes a job at a zoo, where he meets a young... Read more
Ruby and Quentin ( Tais-toi! ) (2003)
4.9/10
Director: Francis Veber
Starring: Jean Reno, Gerard Depardieu
Ruby (Jean Reno) has only one thing on his mind: to avenge the death of the woman he loved at the hand of a criminal. Quentin (Gerard Depardieu) has v... Read more
Russian Dolls (2005)
7/10
Director: Cedric Klapisch
Starring: Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Cecile De France, Kelly Reilly, Kevin Bishop
Set five years after 'The Spanish Apartment', friends Xavier (Romain Duris), William (Kevin Bishop), Wendy (Kelly Reilly), Martine (Audrey Tatou) and... Read more
Rust and Bone (2012)
7.5/10
Director: Jacques Audiard
Starring: Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts
Ali (Matthias Schoenaerts) dreams of becoming a professional boxer. When he is suddenly put in charge of his five year old son, he moves in with his s... Read more