Alain Tanner Movies

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

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

Six years before this story begins, Rosemonde killed a would-be rapist. She was acquitted and returned to working part-time in a Geneva bar. Back in...

Two men, arty though somewhat staid, are drawn to the spirited and quixotic Rosemonde....

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...

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...

Two young women from very different backgrounds journey into the countryside seeking respite from unsatisfactory lives and relationships, but...

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

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...

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...

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

What is the nature of life? What is the nature of art? How can art influence our lives? These are the questions of this movie. The main character, a...

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

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

The film relates the painful ending of a love story binding an over-30-year-old woman and a North African, and the beginning and end of a...

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,...

It’s December 1999, and 25-year-old Jonah has just graduated from film school. As the new millennium begins, Jonah marries his longtime...

Paul is married, a successful engineer, and a conservative candidate in an upcoming local election. He falls in love with Adriana, a café...

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