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Mar 14, 1979 · Messidor: Directed by Alain Tanner. With Clémentine Amouroux, Catherine Rétoré, Franziskus Abgottspon, Gérald Battiaz. 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.
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- Crime, Drama
- Alain Tanner
- 1979-03-14
Messidor is a 1979 French-Swiss drama film directed by Alain Tanner. It was entered into the 29th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast. Clémentine Amouroux as Jeanne Salève; Catherine Rétoré as Marie Corrençon; Franziskus Abgottspon; Gerald Battiaz; Hansjörg Bedschard; René Besson; Jürgen Brügger; Walter Doppler; Beat ...
Project initially entrusted to Maurice Pialat, who had already begun to film it under the title of “Meurtrières” (see the special edition of Les Inrockuptibles devoted to Pialat), Messidor is based on a crime story which hit the headlines in France in the 1970s: two adolescent girls run.
Messidor. 1979. Directed by Alain Tanner. 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. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases.
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- Gaumont, Citel Films, Action Films, SRG SSR
- Alain Tanner
Two young women journey into the countryside seeking respite from their unsatisfactory lives and relationships.
- Alain Tanner
- Drama
- Clémentine Amouroux
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.
Considered one of the best of his later works, Messidor is an original, unpredictable, and disturbing film about two alienated young women in search of freedom from society's rules. The film, in its poetic sweep, is reminiscent of Terence Malick's Badlands and could have been the prototype for Thelma and Louise.
