Alain Tanner

Paul s'en va (2004)

A group of 17 theater actors wonder about what happened to their teacher when he doesn't show up for a class. ...

Flowers of Blood (2002)

In custody after she murders her middle aged photographer lover, a fourteen year old Pam reflects back on the bohemian life she spent with her mother Lily, a free spirited cabaret performer. Lily tried to elevate her stripper performances from the level of ...

Jonas and Lila, Til Tomorrow (1999)

It's December 1999, and 25-year-old Jonah has just graduated from film school. As the new millennium begins, Jonah marries his longtime sweetheart Lila. Over the course of six months, the couple meet a number of interesting people, including Irina, an exil ...

Requiem (1998)

In Lisbon, French author Paul meets various people from his past who uncover forgotten memories. ...

Fourbi (1996)

Writer Paul attempts to interview Rosemonde, a young woman who killed an alleged rapist in self-defense six years prior, for a true crime television program. When Rosemonde refuses to divulge details of the events, Paul encourages his actress girlfriend to ...

Men of the Port (1995)

After 40 years Alain Tanner again travels to the port of Genoa, where he worked for a shipping company as a 22-year-old. On the back of his own memories he depicts the rough world of the dockworkers, another of those trades that has undergone fundamental c ...

The Diary of Lady M (1993)

She's a beautiful gifted performer, but her work is not the sort that invites popular acclaim. Despite the fact that she is unlikely to become famous, she enjoys her life as a performer who lives just outside the mainstream. Awaiting her backstage one even ...

The Man Who Lost His Shadow (1992)

Paul has left his wife and children. Now his wife and ex-mistress is on the hunt for him. ...

The Woman from Rose Hill (1989)

Julie is a young woman from Rose Hill who arrives in rural Switzerland to marry her older pen-friend Marcel. She feels unhappy until she meets Jean, a younger man. However, his father disagrees. ...

The Ghost Valley (1987)

The efforts of an aspiring filmmaker to include an unwilling woman in his production. ...

A Flame in My Heart (1987)

Mércedès, an actress from Paris attempts to break off a difficult relationship with the jealous and possessive stalker Johnny. She meets newspaper writer Pierre and goes with him for an afternoon fling. Before the sweat even dries, she finds herself hope ...

No Man's Land (1985)

Madeleine, who runs a disco on the French-Swiss border, dreams of going to Paris to pursue a singing career. Her lover, Paul, who makes his living smuggling money, gold and goods across the border, plans to emigrate to Canada. Mali, a pretty young Algerian ...

In the White City (1983)

Fed up with the sea, Paul, a Swiss mechanic working in the noisy bowels of a merchant ship, lands in Lisbon. ...

Light Years Away (1981)

A young drifter meets up with a strange old man who claims that he has been taught to fly by birds ...

Messidor (1979)

Two young women from very different backgrounds journey into the countryside seeking respite from unsatisfactory lives and relationships, but ultimately find that there is no way back to the world they once knew. ...

Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976)

A look at the lives of several men and women in their 30s as they confront the slim gains of the "revolutionary" sixties. Max, a dissatisfied copy editor; Myriam, a redhead into tantric sex; and Marie, a supermarket checker who gives unauthorized discounts ...

The Middle of the World (1974)

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. Wher ...

Return from Africa (1973)

A young Swiss couple, Vincent and Françoise, plan to leave Geneva and settle in Africa: a friend of theirs living in Algeria promises to give them a job there. ...

The Salamander (1971)

Pierre and Paul, journalist and writer respectively, team up to write a screenplay based on the real story of a young woman accused by her uncle of trying to kill him. They decide to meet her. ...

Charles, Dead or Alive (1970)

On the 100th anniversary of the founding of a watchmaking company in Geneva, Charles Dé the founder's 50-year-old grandson has had it: he speaks eccentrically to a reporter, recognizing his grandfather as a craftsman and his son as a businessman, but is e ...

Docteur B, Médecin de Campagne (1969)

Le Pouvoir dans la rue (1968)

May 68 in Paris filmed by Alain Tanner, then director for Swiss Television. Images of Nanterre (92), the Sorbonne (Paris 5e), and the theater of the Odeon (Paris 6th), meetings, speeches and events, are accompanied by a commentary that recounts the events ...

A City at Chandigarh (1966)

Documentary on the construction of Chandigarh, the new capital of the Indian Punjab region, planned by Albert Mayer and Swiss architect Le Corbusier. ...

The Apprentices (1964)

Several teenagers following a professional apprenticeship. Eleven young girls and boys from different parts of French-speaking Switzerland. ...

Ramuz, passage d'un poète (1961)

Nice Time (1957)

A montage of the night-life of Piccadilly Circus across the hours, from early evening to the last lingering passers-by. ...

Freddy Buache, le cinéma (2012)

A documentary film in which Fabrice Aragno assembles a range of footage from the archives of Radio Télévision Suisse, the Cinémathèque suisse and Cinéma en tête by Freddy Buache's partner Marie-Magdeleine Brumagne. ...

Cinéma Suisse: Alain Tanner (2012)

A documentary about the career of Swiss filmmaker Alain Tanner. ...

Small Is Beautiful: The Story of the Free Cinema Films Told by Their Makers (2006)

No overview. ...

In the Shadow of Hollywood (2000)

In the Shadow of Hollywood examines this assault on our senses through interviews with directors, producers, writers and other experts in the film industry. ...

Men of the Port (1995)

After 40 years Alain Tanner again travels to the port of Genoa, where he worked for a shipping company as a 22-year-old. On the back of his own memories he depicts the rough world of the dockworkers, another of those trades that has undergone fundamental c ...

Francois Simon the Presence (1986)

The work of legendary actor François Simon, son of Michel Simon. ...

Cinématon XL (1984)

Reel 40 of Gérard Courant's on-going Cinematon series. ...