A young Swiss couple, Vincent and Françoise, plan to leave Geneva and settle in Africa: a friend of theirs living in Algeria promises to give them a job there.
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Cast
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Josée Destoop
Françoise Silvestre
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Les jours gris
François Marthouret
Vincent Silvestre
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Renato Berta
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Les avatars de la mort d’Empédocle
Defense of the Time
Alain Tanner
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Cinématon XL
Juliet Berto
Juliet
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Céline and Julie Go Boating
La Chinoise
Anne Wiazemsky
Anne
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Au Hasard Balthazar
La Chinoise
Roger Ibáñez
Emilio
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The Bet
The Last Train
Roger Jendly
Marcel
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Spy, Stand Up
Every Man for Himself
Jacqueline Cuénod
Jacqueline
François Roulet
Séverine Bujard
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Double Vie
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Marcel Robert
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Peter Pan & Wendy
Alain Tanner Director · John Berger Story Renato Berta Cinematographer
United States release September 16, 1973 · Produced in Switzerland, France · Production V. M. Productions, Filmanthrope
Production
CECRT
Production
V. M. Productions
Production
Filmanthrope
Production
Groupe 5
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TSR
Production
Nouvelles Éditions de Films
Production
Switzerland · France
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Original title
Le Retour d’Afrique
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
Switzerland · March 23, 1973
Theatrical · German
United States · September 16, 1973
Theatrical
France
September 20, 1973 · Theatrical
Germany
June 30, 1973 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
Spain
December 11, 1974 · Theatrical
Switzerland
May 2, 1973 · Theatrical · French
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