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.

В Швейцарии готовятся открыть крупный частный телеканал. Компания, которой поручено разработать идеи для программ, решает купить права на истории реальных преступников, чтобы затем сделать серию фильмов по их мотивам. Розмонда соглашается рассказать свою историю. 8 лет назад она убила человека, пытавшегося ее изнасиловать. Дело было закрыто: свидетелей не было, а доказательств оказалось недостаточно. Кевин, кинопродюсер, поручает Полю, молодому писателю, создание сценария на основе событий жизни Розмонды. Однако девушка с трудом вспоминает прошлое и отказывается отвечать на вопросы Поля. Тогда к работе подключают актрису Мари: если ей удастся разговорить Розмонду, ей дадут главную роль. Странные отношения двух женщин вскоре перерастают в дружбу.

В Швейцарии готовятся открыть крупный частный телеканал. Компания, которой поручено разработать идеи для программ, решает купить права на истории реальных преступников, чтобы затем сделать серию фильмов по их мотивам. Розмонда соглашается рассказать свою историю. 8 лет назад она убила человека, пытавшегося ее изнасиловать. Дело было закрыто: свидетелей не было, а доказательств оказалось недостаточно. Кевин, кинопродюсер, поручает Полю, молодому писателю, создание сценария на основе событий жизни Розмонды. Однако девушка с трудом вспоминает прошлое и отказывается отвечать на вопросы Поля. Тогда к работе подключают актрису Мари: если ей удастся разговорить Розмонду, ей дадут главную роль. Странные отношения двух женщин вскоре перерастают в дружбу.

В Швейцарии готовятся открыть крупный частный телеканал. Компания, которой поручено разработать идеи для программ, решает купить права на истории реальных преступников, чтобы затем сделать серию фильмов по их мотивам. Розмонда соглашается рассказать свою историю. 8 лет назад она убила человека, пытавшегося ее изнасиловать. Дело было закрыто: свидетелей не было, а доказательств оказалось недостаточно. Кевин, кинопродюсер, поручает Полю, молодому писателю, создание сценария на основе событий жизни Розмонды. Однако девушка с трудом вспоминает прошлое и отказывается отвечать на вопросы Поля. Тогда к работе подключают актрису Мари: если ей удастся разговорить Розмонду, ей дадут главную роль. Странные отношения двух женщин вскоре перерастают в дружбу.

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.”

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 evening is a Spanish painter who has seen her show and wants to make her acquaintance. They walk around Paris getting to know one another, and then the painter returns to Spain. Something about the man has moved Lady M to passion: she flies to meet him in Barcelona and he shows her his beloved Catalonia. This time, however, their relationship is as much about passionate lovemaking as it is about compatibility. So smitten is Lady M with her new man that when she discovers that the painter has a black wife and child, she is only a little bit taken aback and she invites his whole family to join her in Paris. Surprisingly, they do, and the number of people sharing their love and sexual appetites changes from two to three.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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 to the elderly, search for renewed meaning on a communal farm. The title character, a six-year-old child, is the carrier of their hopes for the future.

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 to the elderly, search for renewed meaning on a communal farm. The title character, a six-year-old child, is the carrier of their hopes for the future.

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.

Хватаясь за случайный заработок, журналист Пьер готовит сценарий для телевидения, сюжетом которому должен служить реальный случай, произошедший не так давно - молодая девушка, некая Розмонда, обвинялась в попытке убийства своего дяди, но не нашлось достаточных улик. Пьер обращается за помощью к знакомому писателю Полю, и вместе они начинают раскручивать события. Романист и мечтатель Поль представляет персонаж в романтическом свете, Пьер же, более близкий к реальности, предпринимает попытку собрать факты и выяснить правду...

Хватаясь за случайный заработок, журналист Пьер готовит сценарий для телевидения, сюжетом которому должен служить реальный случай, произошедший не так давно - молодая девушка, некая Розмонда, обвинялась в попытке убийства своего дяди, но не нашлось достаточных улик. Пьер обращается за помощью к знакомому писателю Полю, и вместе они начинают раскручивать события. Романист и мечтатель Поль представляет персонаж в романтическом свете, Пьер же, более близкий к реальности, предпринимает попытку собрать факты и выяснить правду...

Хватаясь за случайный заработок, журналист Пьер готовит сценарий для телевидения, сюжетом которому должен служить реальный случай, произошедший не так давно - молодая девушка, некая Розмонда, обвинялась в попытке убийства своего дяди, но не нашлось достаточных улик. Пьер обращается за помощью к знакомому писателю Полю, и вместе они начинают раскручивать события. Романист и мечтатель Поль представляет персонаж в романтическом свете, Пьер же, более близкий к реальности, предпринимает попытку собрать факты и выяснить правду...

Владелец фамильной часовой фабрики, 50-летний Шарль Де, внезапно решает отойти от дел. Пытаясь разорвать связи с угнетающей его жизнью буржуа из высшего класса, он уходит из дома, исчезая из поля зрения компаньонов и семьи в лице своего сына Андрэ, амбициозного и жаждущего вступить в права владельца фабрики со 100-летней историей. Поселившись в отеле, Шарль знакомиться с молодой парой, ведущей богемный образ жизни и живущей случайными заработками: художником Полем и Аделиной, дочерью судьи, и вскоре переезжает к ним. Проводя дни за чтением книг и разговорами со своими новыми друзьями и дочерью Марианной, единственной, кому известно о его местонахождении, Шарль пытается осмыслить пустоту своей жизни и обрести для нее новый смысл, от которого он отказался в молодости в угоду довлеющего семейного уклада..

Владелец фамильной часовой фабрики, 50-летний Шарль Де, внезапно решает отойти от дел. Пытаясь разорвать связи с угнетающей его жизнью буржуа из высшего класса, он уходит из дома, исчезая из поля зрения компаньонов и семьи в лице своего сына Андрэ, амбициозного и жаждущего вступить в права владельца фабрики со 100-летней историей. Поселившись в отеле, Шарль знакомиться с молодой парой, ведущей богемный образ жизни и живущей случайными заработками: художником Полем и Аделиной, дочерью судьи, и вскоре переезжает к ним. Проводя дни за чтением книг и разговорами со своими новыми друзьями и дочерью Марианной, единственной, кому известно о его местонахождении, Шарль пытается осмыслить пустоту своей жизни и обрести для нее новый смысл, от которого он отказался в молодости в угоду довлеющего семейного уклада..

Владелец фамильной часовой фабрики, 50-летний Шарль Де, внезапно решает отойти от дел. Пытаясь разорвать связи с угнетающей его жизнью буржуа из высшего класса, он уходит из дома, исчезая из поля зрения компаньонов и семьи в лице своего сына Андрэ, амбициозного и жаждущего вступить в права владельца фабрики со 100-летней историей. Поселившись в отеле, Шарль знакомиться с молодой парой, ведущей богемный образ жизни и живущей случайными заработками: художником Полем и Аделиной, дочерью судьи, и вскоре переезжает к ним. Проводя дни за чтением книг и разговорами со своими новыми друзьями и дочерью Марианной, единственной, кому известно о его местонахождении, Шарль пытается осмыслить пустоту своей жизни и обрести для нее новый смысл, от которого он отказался в молодости в угоду довлеющего семейного уклада..

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.