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Alain Tanner
Director 1929 - 2022

Alain Tanner

Genève, Suisse

Alain Tanner (6 December 1929 – 11 September 2022) was a Swiss film director. Influenced by his involvement with the British "Free Cinema" movement in London and with the French New Wave during his years in Paris, Tanner is best known for his movies Jonas qui aura 25 ans en... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

14 titles
Paul s'en va

Paul s'en va

Alain Tanner 2004 1h 25m

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

Fourbi

Fourbi

Alain Tanner 1996 1h 54m

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 befriend her, but the three are repeatedly sidetracked from their initial commission.

Le journal de Lady M

Le journal de Lady M

Alain Tanner 1993 2h

Lady M. gives up everything to follow Diego on an aimless journey. On the way, she learns that he is married to a woman of color and has a child.

L'homme qui a perdu son ombre

L'homme qui a perdu son ombre

Alain Tanner 1991 1h 42m

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

La femme de Rose Hill

La femme de Rose Hill

Alain Tanner 1989 1h 35m

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.

La vallée fantôme

La vallée fantôme

Alain Tanner 1987 1h 42m

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

Dans la ville blanche

Dans la ville blanche

Alain Tanner 1983 1h 49m

A Swiss sailor jumps ship in Lisbon, tired of the noisy engine room, the ship. He rents a room and does little. He writes letters to his lover, describing the whiteness of the city, the solitude and the silence. He sends his love and emptiness; she replies with love and confusion.

Les années lumière

Les années lumière

Alain Tanner 1981 1h 47m

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

Messidor

Messidor

Alain Tanner 1979 2h 3m

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.

Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000

Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000

Alain Tanner 1976 1h 56m

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.

Le milieu du monde

Le milieu du monde

Alain Tanner 1974 1h 55m

Married conservative candidate Paul falls in love with Adriana, an Italian waitress. As his party opposes foreign labor, he risks everything, while Adriana faces mounting pressure to decide her future.

La salamandre

La salamandre

Alain Tanner 1971 2h 5m 7.0

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 mort ou vif (petite fresque historique)

Charles mort ou vif (petite fresque historique)

Alain Tanner 1969 1h 33m

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 evasive about himself.

Une ville à Chandigarh

Une ville à Chandigarh

Alain Tanner 1966 50m

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

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