Men of the Port

Synopsis

After 40 years Alain Tanner again travels to the port of Genoa, where he worked for a shipping company as a 22-year-old. On the back of his own memories he depicts the rough world of the dockworkers, another of those trades that has undergone fundamental changes as a result of recessions, modernisation and liberalisation. “The visual impression of the harbour and the city has changed very little, but what goes on there nowadays is completely different. The city is still as beautiful and alien and somewhat sad as before. But the port is dying, like so many other major ports. In Genoa, as elsewhere in Italy, the economic, social and political climate is highly explosive. But you also feel that things are in flow and the country is on the verge of some far-reaching changes. (...) In this film I wanted to explore my own memories of Genoa, uncover its present and guess at its future. Genoa, this beautiful, this sad, this alien town has become for me a metaphor for society in change.”

Main Cast

Alain Tanner

Self (uncredited)

Age : 95 | Popularity : 27%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Alain Tanner
	Assistant Director	Stéphane Riga
Production	Producer	Patrick Sandrin Pierre-Alain Meier Thierry Garrel Michaël Crotto Christian Charret
	Administration	Anne Rogé
	Production Assistant	Armelle Bayle Michaële Bouchon Stephanie Hernandez
	Location Manager	Giuseppe Fucile
	Production Manager	Catherine Jacques
	Executive Producer	Pierre-Alain Meier Patrick Sandrin
Camera	Director of Photography	Denis Jutzeler
Sound	Sound	Henri Maïkoff
	Sound Mixer	Hans Künzi
Editing	Editor	Monica Goux
	First Assistant Editor	Catherine Cormon
	Assistant Editor	Orsola Valenti
	Color Timer	Philippe Benoit
Writing	Writer	Alain Tanner
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