Charles, Dead or Alive

+ intro by Alfonso Cuáron

Charles mort ou vif

Alain Tanner’s breakthrough is a fascinating assessment of the progress and stagnation of post-’68 Western society.

  • Director

    Alain Tanner

  • With

    François Simon, Marie-Claire Dufour, Marcel Robert

  • Switzerland 1969. 90min

  • Digital 4K (restoration)

  • English subtitles

The film that launched Tanner’s career was directly informed by the aftermath of May ’68. It established a template of focusing on characters intent on making radical life changes. A middle-class businessman moves to the fringes of society and in the process abandons the material trappings of a comfortable existence.