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.

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