Alain Tanner Movies

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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...