Charles, Dead or Alive (1969)
- Original title
- Charles mort ou vif
- Directed by
- Alain Tanner
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Switzerland
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 31 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A middle-aged industrialist grows tired of his comfortable but empty bourgeois existence. He decides to leave behind his routine and family to search for a more authentic way of living.
contemplativerestlessintrospectivemelancholicquietly defiantslow-burnobservationalunsettling
What happens
Charles, Dead or Alive (French: Charles mort ou vif) is a 1969 Swiss drama film written and directed by Alain Tanner. Starring François Simon, Marcel Robert and Marie-Claire Dufour, it concerns a middle-aged industrialist who tries to break away from his bourgeois life. The film won the Golden Leopard at the 1969 Locarno International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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