Messidor (film)

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Messidor
Directed by Alain Tanner
Written byAlain Tanner
Produced by Yves Gasser
Yves Peyrot
Starring Clémentine Amouroux
Catherine Rétoré
Cinematography Renato Berta
Edited byBrigitte Sousselier
Release date
  • 14 March 1979 (1979-03-14)
Running time
123 minutes
CountriesFrance
Switzerland
LanguageFrench

Messidor is a 1979 French-Swiss drama film directed by Alain Tanner. [1] [2] It was entered into the 29th Berlin International Film Festival. [3]

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References

  1. "Messidor (1979) - Alain Tanner | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie" via www.allmovie.com.
  2. "MESSIDOR (1978)". BFI.
  3. "BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL – 1979 – BY HARLAN KENNEDY". www.americancinemapapers.com.