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No Man's Land (1985)

No Man's Land poster
Directed by
Alain Tanner
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom, France, Switzerland
Runtime
1h 50m
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Young people drift near the French-Swiss border, living aimlessly and grappling with boredom and frustration. Their interactions reveal a sense of being stuck between two worlds.

contemplativemelancholicslow-burnrestlesslow-keyintrospectiveatmosphericunderstated

What happens

No Man's Land is a 1985 drama film directed and written by Alain Tanner, about a group of young people on the French-Swiss border. The film was shown in competition at the Venice Film Festival in 1985. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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