Alain Tanner
December 6, 1929 · 96 years old
Alain Tanner (6 December 1929 – 11 September 2022) was a Swiss film director. Influenced by his involvement with the British "Free Cinema" movement in London and with the French New Wave during his years in Paris, Tanner is best known for his movies Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000 (Jonah Who Wil…
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5 titles
In the White City
A Swiss sailor abandons his post during a stopover in Lisbon and takes up residence in a small hotel in the city.
Charles, Dead or Alive
The portrait of an old man who decides to abandon his comfortable bourgeois way of life and live with a Bohemian couple. There he rediscovers his freedom to think and his joie de vivre.
No Man's Land
Jean, a young Swiss whose watchmaking skills no longer prove useful in the real world, dawdles his time away either in his parents' farm or in Lucie's restaurant-bar.
Fourbi
Eight years ago, Rosemonde killed a man who tried to rape her. Now she has sold her story to a television channel that produces crime victim films.
Paul s'en va
Drama students react and deal with the aftermath of the disappearance of their college professor. Each given individual tasks to fulfill in his absence