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!
Stranger by the Lake (2013)
6.8/10
Director: Alain Guiraudie
Starring: Pierre Deladonchamps, Christophe Paou, Patrick d'Assumcao
A.k.a. "L'inconnu du lac". Summer time. A cruising spot for gay men, tucked away on the shores of a secluded lake in rural France. Franck falls in lov... Read more
Stupid Boy ( Garcon Stupide ) (2004)
5.8/10
Director: Lionel Baier
Starring: Rui Pedro Alves, Pierre Chatagny, Natacha Koutchoumov
Sex, love and obsession are thrown sharply into focus in this darkly sinister film. Loic is a confused young man who divides his time between working... Read more
Subway (1985)
6.6/10
Director: Luc Besson
Starring: Christopher Lambert, Isabelle Adjani, Jean Reno, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Michel Gal...
Fred (Christopher Lambert) is a successful safecracker who needs to find a hideout after robbing the wealthy and well-connected Helena (Isabelle Adjan... Read more
Subway ( Blu-ray ) (1985)
6.6/10
Director: Luc Besson
Starring: Christopher Lambert, Isabelle Adjani, Jean Reno, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Michel Gal...
Fred (Christopher Lambert) is a successful safecracker who needs to find a hideout after robbing the wealthy and well-connected Helena (Isabelle Adjan... Read more
Summer Hours (2008)
7.2/10
Director: Olivier Assayas
Starring: Charles Berling, Dominique Reymond, Juliette Binoche, Jeremie Renier, Edith Scob
Universally acclaimed by critics, the multiple award-winning "Summer Hours" is the great contemporary French filmmaker Olivier Assayas's most personal... Read more
Summer Things (2002)
6.5/10
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Jacques Dutronc, Carole Bouquet
Two couple of friends, one very rich the other almost homeless, decides to go on Holiday. Julie, a single mother, joins them too. Once at seaside, it... Read more
Swann in Love (1984)
6.6/10
Director: Volker Schlondorff
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Ornella Muti, Alain Delon
Jeremy Irons, Ornella Muti and Alain Delon star in Volker Schlondorff's ("The Tin Drum") engrossing, visually stunning, sexy film based on Marcel Prou... Read more
Swing (2002)
7.2/10
Director: Tony Gatlif
Starring: Oscar Copp, Lou Rech, Tchavolo Schmitt, Mandino Reinhardt
Max, a young boy on his summer holidays, finds himself drawn to the spellbinding guitar playing of Miraldo, a virtuoso of the guitar. This music becom... Read more
Taken (2008)
7.8/10
Director: Pierre Morel
Starring: Maggie Grace, Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, Xander Berkeley, Leland Orser, Jon Gri...
Liam Neeson plays a former CIA operative who needs all his super-spy skills when his daughter is kidnapped by slave traders in Paris. Produced and co-... Read more
Taken ( Blu-ray ) (2008)
7.8/10
Director: Pierre Morel
Starring: Famke Janssen, Liam Neeson, Xander Berkeley, Leland Orser, Jon Gries, Holly Vala...
Liam Neeson plays a former CIA operative who needs all his super-spy skills when his daughter is kidnapped by slave traders in Paris. Produced and co-... Read more