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Tag Archives: Alain Tanner
La vallée fantôme (1987) Alain Tanner, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacob Berger, Laura Morante
This uneven drama concerns the efforts of an aspiring filmmaker to include Read More »
The Diary of Lady M AKA Le journal de Lady M (1992) Alain Tanner, Myriam Mézières, Juanjo Puigcorbé, Félicité Wouassi
She’s a beautiful gifted performer, but her work is not the sort that invites popular acclaim. Read More »
Charles, Dead or Alive AKA Charles mort ou vif (1969) Alain Tanner, François Simon, Marcel Robert, Marie-Claire Dufour
On the 100th anniversary of the founding of a watchmaking company in Geneva Read More »
Les années lumière AKA Light Years Away (1981) Alain Tanner, Trevor Howard, Mick Ford, Bernice Stegers
A young drifter meets up with a strange old man who claims that he has been taught to fly by birds. Read More »
A Flame in My Heart (1987) Alain Tanner, Myriam Mézières, Benoît Régent, Azize Kabouche
The film relates the painful ending of a love story binding an over-30-year-old woman and a North African Read More »
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976) Alain Tanner, Myriam Boyer, Jean-Luc Bideau, Miou-Miou, Drama
The European equivalent of “The Return of the Secaucus 7,” this Swiss film looks at the lives of several men and women in their 30s as they confront the slim gains of the “revolutionary” sixties. Read More »
La femme de Rose Hill / The Woman from Rose Hill (1989) Alain Tanner, Marie Gaydu, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Denise Péron, Drama
Le milieu du monde / The Middle of the World (1974) Alain Tanner, Olimpia Carlisi, Philippe Léotard, Juliet Berto
Paul is married, a successful engineer, and a conservative candidate in an upcoming local election. He falls in love with Adriana, a café waitress from Italy. Paul’s party is very critical of foreign labour and wants to keep Switzerland to the Swiss. Where Paul falls deeper and deeper into the relationship and is ready to leave his wife, Adriana feels the social pressure growing and has to make her own decision.
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