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Messidor

Released Feb 12, 1979 2h 3m Drama List
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Two young women journey into the countryside seeking respite from their unsatisfactory lives and relationships.

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Jay Boyar Buffalo Courier-Express This movie about alienation is, finally, too alienated from itself and from the world surrounding it to work as a movie. Rated: 3/5 Sep 21, 2020 Full Review Jesús Fernández Santos El Pais (Spain) The movie is skillfully crafted by director Alain Tanner, in a style as difficult as the journey of the protagonists. [Full Review in Spanish] Aug 14, 2019 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Jul 4, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member This movie helped change me back in 1979 when released. It shows the fragility of social controls and the Othering of people in a visceral way. 2 girls, hitching to their homes in safe and picturesque Switzerland, bump into each other on the road and, as the journey unfolds, very quickly find themselves social pariahs - wanted by the police, entirely on the wrong side of the law. And this is simply because they are 2 young women . . . . As a woman it lit light bulbs. Tanner is a didactic and elegant artist and I am still so very glad for this. I wish the movie was more available so my daughters might see it. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review william k A fascinating Swiss road movie with multi-layered aspects to its story, drifting from an outsider utopia to a nightmare. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Two young women journey into the countryside seeking respite from their unsatisfactory lives and relationships.
Director
Alain Tanner
Producer
Yves Gasser, Yves Peyrot
Screenwriter
Alain Tanner
Distributor
New Yorker Films
Production Co
Citel Films, Gaumont, SSR
Genre
Drama
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 12, 1979, Original
Runtime
2h 3m
Sound Mix
Mono
Aspect Ratio
35mm