Light Years Away
Switzerland / France, 1981
FILM,
Fiction,
114 min.
- directed by
- Alain Tanner
- Written by
- Alain Tanner
- Status
- In distribution
Jonas, a seventeen year old boy, lives alone in the city. As if by chance, he encounters Yoshka, an absent-minded old man who loves his solitude and is generally regarded as crazy. He lives in a gloomy quarter of the town in a large shed in the middle of a graveyard. A series of ritual trials follow the stormy meeting. If Jonas passes the tests, the old man will entrust him with his secret, his knowledge of life. The two men will remain inseparably united, in a time and space where death is the realization of the imagination.
credits
- World Premiere
- 1981
- Original Version
- English (spanish subtitles), colour, 35mm, 114 min.
- Production
- Slotint, Phenix Productions, L.P.A., SRG SSR
- Producer
- directed by
- Alain Tanner
- Written by
- Alain Tanner
- Cinematography
- Jean-François Robin
- Editing
- Brigitte Sousselier
- Location Sound Mix
- Alain Lachassagne
- Production Design
- Bernard Lorain
Cast
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Yves Peyrot
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Sao Paulo, 41a Mostra Internacional del Cinema de Sao Paulo
19.10.2017 - 01.11.2017 -
Fünf-Seen-Land, 5. Fünf Seen Film Festival
27.07.2011 - 07.08.2011 -
Locarno, 63. Festival del film Locarno
04.08.2010 - 14.08.2010 -
7th World Film Festival Bangkok
06.11.2009 - 15.11.2009 -
7th Tofifest International Film Festival Torun
26.06.2009 - 03.07.2009