Collections/January 2024
Directed by Bertrand Tavernier
The films of Bertrand Tavernier are suffused with his love for cinema. In addition to being one of France’s foremost auteurs, Tavernier was also a film critic and historian who drew from his deep knowledge of classic French and American cinema to create his own uniquely absorbing, finely wrought works. Though his films span a wide variety of genres—the politically charged crime thriller The Clockmaker of St. Paul , the sci-fi cult classic Death Watch , the darkly comic neonoir Coup de torchon , and the bittersweet family portrait Daddy Nostalgia to name just a few—each displays the exceptional craftsmanship, rigorous intelligence, and profound humanist and moral themes that made him one of the leading lights of Gallic cinema for over four decades.
15 films — 14 on the Channel, 1 unavailable
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