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Director:
Alain Tanner
Writer:
Alain Tanner (writer)
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Release Date:
20 April 1983 (France) See more »
Genre:
Drama See more »
Plot:
A Swiss sailor jumps ship in Lisbon, tired of the noisy engine room, the ship "a floating factory of crazy people." He rents a room and does little... See more » | Add synopsis »
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Awards:
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Cast

  (in credits order)

Bruno Ganz ... Paul
Teresa Madruga ... Rosa
Julia Vonderlinn ... Élisa / The Swiss woman
José Carvalho ... Le patron
Francisco Baião ... Le voleur au couteau
José Wallenstein ... L'autre voleur
Victor Costa ... Le garçon du bar
Lídia Franco ... La fille du bar
Pedro Efe ... L'ami dans la taverne
Cecília Guimarães ... La dame du train
Joana Vicente ... La jeune fille du train
José de Carvalho ... Le patron
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Paulo Branco ... L'homme dans la gare (uncredited)
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Directed by
Alain Tanner 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Alain Tanner  writer

Produced by
Paulo Branco .... producer
Alain Tanner .... producer
António Vaz da Silva .... producer
 
Original Music by
Jean-Luc Barbier 
 
Cinematography by
Acácio de Almeida 
 
Film Editing by
Laurent Uhler 
 
Sound Department
Jean-Paul Mugel .... sound mixer
 
Editorial Department
Philippe Tourret .... color timer
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Dans la ville blanche" - Switzerland (original title)
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Runtime:
USA:108 min | France:107 min
Country:
Switzerland | Portugal | UK
Language:
English | German | Portuguese | French
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Sweden:11
Filming Locations:
Lisbon, Portugal
Company:
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A MOVIE THAT REMINDS US WE'RE ALL SAILORS AWASH ON SHORE, 16 May 2004
Author: szubcic (szubcic@yahoo.com) from Oakland, CA

This movie mesmerized me. It is loose jointed, like any traveler's experiences, and gives the viewer the feeling of living through a sailor's wayward days in Lisbon. Even though it hasn't much of a plot, it's curiously compelling. What drove the story for me was trying to figure out what was happening in the sailor's mind. One gets the feeling that he is going through a crisis, that this is a turning point in his life--ought he to keep on travelling, being a perpetual stranger, or should he go back to Germany & his lover/wife? The feeling accompanying this conflict verges between despair and sublimity--it evoked in me the same empty ache I felt the sailor was going through. Deceptively simple, but artful & subtle. A fine picture for all of us wanderers.

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