7.3
Le retour d'Afrique
Return from Africa
, 1973Switzerland / Drama / 18+
Synopsis
An ode to liberated speech and to the power of words, "those one speaks to others, those one speaks in silence", Alain Tanner's third film is inspired by a poet and a poetic text which deeply affected him as a young director.
Cast
Josée Destoop
Françoise Silvestre
François Marthouret
Vincent Silvestre
Juliet Berto
Juliet
Anne Wiazemsky
Anne
Jacqueline Cuénod
Jacqueline
Roger Ibáñez
Emilio
Roger Jendly
Marcel
François Roulet
Jardinier
Pierre Holdener
Jardinier
André Schmidt
Marcel Robert
Jean-Pierre Moriaud
Director
Alain Tanner
Writer
Alain Tanner
Film details
Country
Switzerland
Runtime
1 hour 49 minutes
Production year
1973
World premiere
2 May 1973
Release date
| 20 September 1973 | France | ||
| 11 December 1974 | Spain | ||
| 2 May 1973 | Switzerland | ||
| 16 September 1973 | USA |
Production
Groupe 5, Télévision Suisse-Romande (TSR), Filmanthrope
Also known as
Le retour d'Afrique, Return from Africa, Die Rückkehr aus Afrika, El regreso de África, El retorno de África, Powrót z Afryki, Regresso de África, Visszatérés Afrikából, Возвращение из Африки
Updated 13 January 2026
Showtimes
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