In the White City (1982)

Original title

Dans la ville blanche

Directed by

Alain Tanner

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom, Portugal, Switzerland

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

15+

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 40 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A mariner leaves his job at sea and stays in Lisbon, becoming disillusioned with life. He struggles with the decision to drop out of society and the isolation that follows.

melancholiccontemplativeslow-burndetachedlonelyatmosphericintrospectivewistful

What happens

In the White City (French: Dans la ville blanche) is a 1983 Swiss drama film directed by Alain Tanner. Focussing on a mariner's disillusion with life at sea, it addresses the problems with dropping out of society, one of the central topics in Tanner's films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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