Bertrand Tavernier
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
Writer-director Bertrand Tavernier is truly one of the grand auteurs of the movies. His experience is vast, his knowledge is voluminous, his love is inexhaustable and his perspective is matched only by that of Martin Scorsese. This magnificent, epic documentary has been a lifetime in the making. Tavernier knows his native cinema inside and out, from the giants like Renoir, Godard, and Melville (for whom he has worked as an assistant) to now overlooked...
Pub. Date
2010.
Description
Set in the high courts of 16th century France, a beautiful young aristocrat is married to a young prince she does not love, haunted by a rakish suitor from her childhood, and advised by an aging nobleman who also desires her. The Princess of Montpensier must struggle passionately to stay alive in the intrigue of this corrupt political and romantic web of duty, passion, religion and war.
Pub. Date
1973.
Description
In Lyon's Saint-Paul district, a clock-maker leads a peaceful life shared between his work, his friends and his son Bernard. But then his boy goes on the run after killing a man. Assisting Inspector Guiboud with his enquiries, the distraught father realizes he knew nothing about his son.
Pub. Date
1984.
Description
Since the death of his wife, Monsieur Ladmiral, a painter of no genius, lives with his maid, Mercedes. But the traditional Sunday family reunion is disturbed by the arrival of his dynamic daughter Irene. Upon Irene's departure, her father discovers that she has become what he would have liked to be. Nominated for the Best Foreign Film at the **Golden Globe Awards**. Winner of the Best Director and nominated for the Palme d'Or at the **Cannes...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
While on an investigation into a series of grisly murders, veteran detective Dave Robicheaux navigates his way through the Louisiana bayou and the dark, sultry world of New Orleans mobster 'Baby Feet' Balboni. Layers of corruption and long-dead secrets reawaken grudges and a lethal alliance.