To what extent is the work of the Geneva director Alain Tanner (born 1929) relevant to a philosophy of travel? His fictional feature films revolve around the restless search for a better, literally utopian life, whether through travel or settling down. Strongly influenced by the progressive currents of the 1960s and particularly by the Brechtian approach that gained more attention during those years, he reflects on both the what (What kind of life do we want to lead? In what place?) and the how (the creation and impact of the cinematic medium). His legacy remains a contemporary inspiration, indeed a cosmopolitan and transformative school of subversive seeing and thinking.