List of the best Alain Tanner movies: Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000(1975), In the White City(1983), Light Years Away(1981) ... ...
Comedy
Switzerland|France
1975
115 Minutes
Director
editor cashier sex expert railroad worker child radical intricate engaging positive geneva commune reunion friendship disillusionment relationships political unrest social activism love discovery 1960s
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" ... See full summary »
Drama
Switzerland|Portugal|UK
1983
108 Minutes
Director
Bruno Ganz Teresa Madruga Julia Vonderlinn José de Carvalho Francisco Baiao José Wallenstein Victor Costa Lídia Franco Pedro Efe Joana Vicente
A Swiss sailor jumps ship in Lisbon, tired of the noisy engine room, the ship "a floating factory of crazy people." He rents a room and does little. He writes letters to his lover, ... See full summary »
Drama
Switzerland|France
1981
105 Minutes
Director
young man old man mentor drifter mentee offbeat dreamy gritty ireland rural community shed gas station eccentricity apprenticeship schemes relationships friendship fantasy discovery growing up
A young drifter meets up with a strange old man who claims that he has been taught to fly by birds.