Return from Africa (Le retour d'Afrique) 51 years old

Return from Africa

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.

Credits

Return from Africa Cast

Name Character
Juliet Berto She was 26, 42 years old when she died as Juliet, la postière
Josée Destoop as Françoise Silvestre
Anne Wiazemsky She was 26, 70 years old when she died as Anne, la postière
François Marthouret He was 30, now 81 years old as Vincent Silvestre

Return from Africa Crew

Name Department
Renato Berta as Director of Photography. He was 28 (now 79) years old Camera
Alain Tanner as Director. He was 43 (now 94) years old Directing
Return from Africa (51 years)

  • Release day: Sunday, September 16, 1973
  • Runtime: 108 minutes