Alain Tanner

A documentary about the career of Swiss filmmaker Alain Tanner.

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

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

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

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 erotic spectacle to artistic expression as she dragged her young daughter from nightclub to nightclub and hotel to hotel, but ultimately lost her at nine to the Paris child authorities.

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 erotic spectacle to artistic expression as she dragged her young daughter from nightclub to nightclub and hotel to hotel, but ultimately lost her at nine to the Paris child authorities.

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

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 exiled Russian actress, as well as spending their time with Jonah’s sister Cecile and his filmmaking mentor Anziano. The discussions Jonah has with these friends and strangers help him to gain some perspective on his life and the new millennium.

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 exiled Russian actress, as well as spending their time with Jonah’s sister Cecile and his filmmaking mentor Anziano. The discussions Jonah has with these friends and strangers help him to gain some perspective on his life and the new millennium.

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 exiled Russian actress, as well as spending their time with Jonah’s sister Cecile and his filmmaking mentor Anziano. The discussions Jonah has with these friends and strangers help him to gain some perspective on his life and the new millennium.

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 man who lives both in the world of dreams and reality, searches his past, in order to understand its meaning. He has meetings with the ghosts of his dead friend, his dead lover, his dead father and Pessoa, the great portuguese writer. These four encounters give him clues about what he is looking for. Beside that, he finds himself in front of art, discovering how it modifies our comprehension of life. It's based in one of Tabucci's (the italian writer)books: "Requiem". This few lines cannot resume the greatness of this movie. The last thing I can say is: If you like art, I recommend you to see it. If you ever wonder about the nature of dreams, or you live in dreams half of the time, I think you'll feel like this movie was made for you.

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 man who lives both in the world of dreams and reality, searches his past, in order to understand its meaning. He has meetings with the ghosts of his dead friend, his dead lover, his dead father and Pessoa, the great portuguese writer. These four encounters give him clues about what he is looking for. Beside that, he finds himself in front of art, discovering how it modifies our comprehension of life. It's based in one of Tabucci's (the italian writer)books: "Requiem". This few lines cannot resume the greatness of this movie. The last thing I can say is: If you like art, I recommend you to see it. If you ever wonder about the nature of dreams, or you live in dreams half of the time, I think you'll feel like this movie was made for you.

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 the present, a brand new television station seeks to create a television film about Rosemonde's life. The project is helmed by independent producer Kevin assigns his screen-writing pal Paul to interview Rosemonde and use it for the basis of a fictionalized teleplay. Unfortuantely for him, the taciturn and cynical barmaid wants nothing to do with project and refuses to speak to Paul. This satirical French-Swiss drama follows Paul as he simultaneously attempts to get her story and into her bed. Since Rosemonde refuses to speak to him, Paul decides to pay his ex-lover Marie, a serious stage actress, become the bar maid's friend.

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 the present, a brand new television station seeks to create a television film about Rosemonde's life. The project is helmed by independent producer Kevin assigns his screen-writing pal Paul to interview Rosemonde and use it for the basis of a fictionalized teleplay. Unfortuantely for him, the taciturn and cynical barmaid wants nothing to do with project and refuses to speak to Paul. This satirical French-Swiss drama follows Paul as he simultaneously attempts to get her story and into her bed. Since Rosemonde refuses to speak to him, Paul decides to pay his ex-lover Marie, a serious stage actress, become the bar maid's friend.

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 the present, a brand new television station seeks to create a television film about Rosemonde's life. The project is helmed by independent producer Kevin assigns his screen-writing pal Paul to interview Rosemonde and use it for the basis of a fictionalized teleplay. Unfortuantely for him, the taciturn and cynical barmaid wants nothing to do with project and refuses to speak to Paul. This satirical French-Swiss drama follows Paul as he simultaneously attempts to get her story and into her bed. Since Rosemonde refuses to speak to him, Paul decides to pay his ex-lover Marie, a serious stage actress, become the bar maid's friend.

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 changes as a result of recessions, modernisation and liberalisation. “The visual impression of the harbour and the city has changed very little, but what goes on there nowadays is completely different. The city is still as beautiful and alien and somewhat sad as before. But the port is dying, like so many other major ports. In Genoa, as elsewhere in Italy, the economic, social and political climate is highly explosive. But you also feel that things are in flow and the country is on the verge of some far-reaching changes. (...) In this film I wanted to explore my own memories of Genoa, uncover its present and guess at its future. Genoa, this beautiful, this sad, this alien town has become for me a metaphor for society in change.”

En París, una noche de tormenta, Diego, un pintor catalán, conoce a M., cantante de un grupo musical femenino. Dos semanas después, M., que no ha podido olvidar a Diego, va a buscarlo a Barcelona. Le abre la puerta de la casa una chica negra. En cuanto Diego la ve, decide irse de viaje con ella, y viven un romance apasionado mientras recorren carreteras y pequeños pueblos catalanes. Sin embargo, un día, M. descubre que la chica negra es la mujer de Diego y, además, que el pintor tiene una hija.

Cuando no quedan ideas, cuando ya no se sabe porqué se hacen las cosas, se es como un hombre que ha perdido su sombra, le dice Antonio a Paul. Antonio cree que Paul ha perdido su sombra. Viejo comunista andaluz, de regreso a su tierra tras un largo exilio en Francia, Antonio aloja a Paul, que ha huido de su casa después de hacerse despedir del periódico donde trabajaba.

Cuando no quedan ideas, cuando ya no se sabe porqué se hacen las cosas, se es como un hombre que ha perdido su sombra, le dice Antonio a Paul. Antonio cree que Paul ha perdido su sombra. Viejo comunista andaluz, de regreso a su tierra tras un largo exilio en Francia, Antonio aloja a Paul, que ha huido de su casa después de hacerse despedir del periódico donde trabajaba.

Cuando no quedan ideas, cuando ya no se sabe porqué se hacen las cosas, se es como un hombre que ha perdido su sombra, le dice Antonio a Paul. Antonio cree que Paul ha perdido su sombra. Viejo comunista andaluz, de regreso a su tierra tras un largo exilio en Francia, Antonio aloja a Paul, que ha huido de su casa después de hacerse despedir del periódico donde trabajaba.

Una mujer negra de Rose Hill, Mauritania, llega a la Suiza rural para casarse con un hombre con el que se escribía cartas, Marcel, muchos mayor que ella.

Una mujer negra de Rose Hill, Mauritania, llega a la Suiza rural para casarse con un hombre con el que se escribía cartas, Marcel, muchos mayor que ella.

Una mujer negra de Rose Hill, Mauritania, llega a la Suiza rural para casarse con un hombre con el que se escribía cartas, Marcel, muchos mayor que ella.

Paul es un director de cine en crisis que descubre en Dara a la actriz ideal. Pero, ésta ha decidido regresar a su ciudad natal y Jean, el ayudante de Paul, tiene que ir en su busca.

Paul es un director de cine en crisis que descubre en Dara a la actriz ideal. Pero, ésta ha decidido regresar a su ciudad natal y Jean, el ayudante de Paul, tiene que ir en su busca.

Paul es un director de cine en crisis que descubre en Dara a la actriz ideal. Pero, ésta ha decidido regresar a su ciudad natal y Jean, el ayudante de Paul, tiene que ir en su busca.

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 relationship she also has with an “established” journalist. The stories illustrate the absolute claim of a woman who can understand love only in terms of life and death, an attitude that generally makes love appear dramatic, but at least burning and flickering, like the flame that glows in her heart.

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 relationship she also has with an “established” journalist. The stories illustrate the absolute claim of a woman who can understand love only in terms of life and death, an attitude that generally makes love appear dramatic, but at least burning and flickering, like the flame that glows in her heart.

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 relationship she also has with an “established” journalist. The stories illustrate the absolute claim of a woman who can understand love only in terms of life and death, an attitude that generally makes love appear dramatic, but at least burning and flickering, like the flame that glows in her heart.

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

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 woman who lives in France and works in Switzerland, would like to be anywhere except where she is. Louis, born on a Swiss farm and trained as a clockmaker, would give anything to leave his mistress, Lucie, and move in with Mali.

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 woman who lives in France and works in Switzerland, would like to be anywhere except where she is. Louis, born on a Swiss farm and trained as a clockmaker, would give anything to leave his mistress, Lucie, and move in with Mali.

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 woman who lives in France and works in Switzerland, would like to be anywhere except where she is. Louis, born on a Swiss farm and trained as a clockmaker, would give anything to leave his mistress, Lucie, and move in with Mali.

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

Harto del mar, Paul, un mecánico suizo que trabaja en las ruidosas entrañas de un barco mercante, desembarca en Lisboa.

Harto del mar, Paul, un mecánico suizo que trabaja en las ruidosas entrañas de un barco mercante, desembarca en Lisboa.

Harto del mar, Paul, un mecánico suizo que trabaja en las ruidosas entrañas de un barco mercante, desembarca en Lisboa.

Harto del mar, Paul, un mecánico suizo que trabaja en las ruidosas entrañas de un barco mercante, desembarca en Lisboa.

En el futuro año 2000, Jonas (Mick Ford), un inteligente joven errante, conoce a Yoshka (Trevor Howard), un excéntrico anciano. Cuando intiman, éste le cuenta que, inspirándose en el vuelo natural de los pájaros, ha creado en su garaje una máquina que permitirá volar al hombre.

Dos chicas suizas, una estudiante de historia y la otra empleada en una tienda, se encuentran haciendo autostop. Sin nada mejor que hacer, deciden emprender viaje juntas por Suiza. Una vez gastado el dinero que tienen en restaurantes y hoteles baratos, deciden continuar, durmiendo en establos y pidiendo dinero y comida a la gente. Pero, un inesperado descubrimiento, un arma en la guantera de un coche, dará un giro trágico a sus vidas. (FILMAFFINITY)

Dos chicas suizas, una estudiante de historia y la otra empleada en una tienda, se encuentran haciendo autostop. Sin nada mejor que hacer, deciden emprender viaje juntas por Suiza. Una vez gastado el dinero que tienen en restaurantes y hoteles baratos, deciden continuar, durmiendo en establos y pidiendo dinero y comida a la gente. Pero, un inesperado descubrimiento, un arma en la guantera de un coche, dará un giro trágico a sus vidas. (FILMAFFINITY)

Mathieu, un desempleado, consigue trabajo en una pequeña granja llevada por Marcel y su mujer Marguerite. Su mujer Mathilde está embarazada, y quieren llamar a su hijo Jonás. La pareja además se hace amiga de Max, un desilusionado activista político tras mayo del 68, y de Marco, un profesor de historia de métodos de estudio de lo más singulares. (FILMAFFINITY)

Mathieu, un desempleado, consigue trabajo en una pequeña granja llevada por Marcel y su mujer Marguerite. Su mujer Mathilde está embarazada, y quieren llamar a su hijo Jonás. La pareja además se hace amiga de Max, un desilusionado activista político tras mayo del 68, y de Marco, un profesor de historia de métodos de estudio de lo más singulares. (FILMAFFINITY)

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.

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.

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.

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.

An ode to liberated speech and to the power of words, "those one speaks to others, those one speaks in silence", Alain Tanner's third film is inspired by a poet and a poetic text which deeply affected him as a young director.

Dos jóvenes escritores noveles aparecen en la vida de Rosemonde, una joven de clase trabajadora a la que conocen cuando se hallan escribiendo un drama sobre un pequeño incidente en el que su tío resultó herido, quizás mientras limpiaba su rifle o, peor, quizás le disparase a posta. Pierre, un periodista free-lance, recibe el encargo de escribir el guión, pero falto de tiempo pide ayuda a un poeta bohemio amigo suyo, Paul.

Dos jóvenes escritores noveles aparecen en la vida de Rosemonde, una joven de clase trabajadora a la que conocen cuando se hallan escribiendo un drama sobre un pequeño incidente en el que su tío resultó herido, quizás mientras limpiaba su rifle o, peor, quizás le disparase a posta. Pierre, un periodista free-lance, recibe el encargo de escribir el guión, pero falto de tiempo pide ayuda a un poeta bohemio amigo suyo, Paul.

Dos jóvenes escritores noveles aparecen en la vida de Rosemonde, una joven de clase trabajadora a la que conocen cuando se hallan escribiendo un drama sobre un pequeño incidente en el que su tío resultó herido, quizás mientras limpiaba su rifle o, peor, quizás le disparase a posta. Pierre, un periodista free-lance, recibe el encargo de escribir el guión, pero falto de tiempo pide ayuda a un poeta bohemio amigo suyo, Paul.

Un acaudalado fabricante de relojes suizos decide abandonarlo todo el día del centenario de la firma uniendose a una pareja de marginados.

Un acaudalado fabricante de relojes suizos decide abandonarlo todo el día del centenario de la firma uniendose a una pareja de marginados.

Un acaudalado fabricante de relojes suizos decide abandonarlo todo el día del centenario de la firma uniendose a una pareja de marginados.

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 of the month of may.

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

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

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

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