No Man's Land

The story takes place on the border between France and Switzerland. The border country lives by its own rules. Madeleine runs a disco there. Her dream is to go to Paris and sing. Her lover Paul makes his living smuggling. He carries money, gold and goods across. His plan is to emigrate to Canada. Mali lives in France and works in Switzerland. She is a young woman of Algerian background. Anywhere would do, so long as it is not here. Louis was born on a farm in Switzerland. He trained as a clockmaker. He wants a life with Mali. All four of them have somewhere they want to be. Not one of them can move. Hugues Quester and Myriam Mézières appear in the hundred and ten minute film, a Swiss production Alain Tanner finished in 1985.