Charles, Dead or Alive

Year: 1969

Runtime: 93 mins

Language: French

Director: Alain Tanner

Drama

On the watchmaking firm’s 100th anniversary in Geneva, 50‑year‑old Charles Dé, the founder’s grandson, tells a reporter his grandfather was a craftsman and his son a businessman, but avoids talking about himself. He leaves his family and moves in with a young couple he meets by chance, cooking, reading, drinking and holding philosophical discussions. The couple fall in love with him. He secretly stays in touch with his daughter, while his relatives hire a private investigator, sparking a corporate takeover that threatens his bohemian happiness.

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