Swiss director Alain Tanner, considered a pioneer of the Nouvelle Vague film movement in his country, died this Sunday at the age of 92, announced the association that bears his name.
“Internationally recognized, Alain Tanner was one of the leading figures in Swiss cinema and was at the origin of the new Swiss cinema in the 1970s, in the company of his colleagues Michel Soutter, Claude Goretta, Jean-Louis Roy and Jean-Jacques Lagrange. . ”, the association wrote in a published statement “in consultation with its [de Alain Tanner] family”.
The “Group of Five” gave rise to a renewal of the Swiss seventh art, reflecting the non-conformist spirit of the time.
“Carlos, Morto ou Vivo”, the first feature film, released in 1969, by Alain Tanner, marks the beginning of politically committed cinema in Switzerland.
The film, which tells the story of a businessman who decides to abandon traditional capitalist life to lead an existence on the margins of society, at a time when student demonstrations were in full swing, won first prize at the Locarno festival.
Among his best-known works are “The Salamander”, “Jonas who will be 25 years old in the year 2000”, “The years of light”, which won the Special Jury Grand Prize at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival, and “The White City”.
With a total of more than 20 films, Alain Tanner began his career in the late 1950s.
According to the Alain Tanner Association website, the director said he considered himself lucky to have lived at the time.
Source: Observadora
