Light Years Away

Light Years Away
Directed by Alain Tanner
Written by Alain Tanner
Starring Trevor Howard
Mick Ford
Distributed by Artificial Eye (UK)
New Yorker Films (USA)
Release dates
20 May 1981 (France)
15 April 1983 (NYC)
Running time
105 mins
Country France
Switzerland
Language English

Light Years Away (French: Les Années lumière) is a 1981 film directed by Alain Tanner. It tells the story of a young man who meets an old man who says he was taught by birds how to fly and is building a flying machine. It is based on a novel by Daniel Odier.

Although filmed in English and shot in Ireland, it was made by a Swiss director and produced by companies from France and Switzerland. The film won the Grand Prix Prize at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Cast

References

  1. "Festival de Cannes: Light Years Away". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-05-31.

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