Bertrand Tavernier Movies

Famous French director Tavernier tells us about his fantastic voyage through the cinema of his country.

If Jean Rochefort remains so dear to our hearts, it is because this extraordinary actor alone embodies a cinema and a France imbued with freedom and...

A compilation of 30 French filmmakers, Alain Resnais and Jean Luc Godard among them, who use film to make a plea on behalf of a political prisoner....

Documentary on the French-Algerian conflict 1954-1962 which was never officially called a "war", including interviews with some of the survivors.

What is the state of cinema and what being a filmmaker means? What are the measures taken to protect authors' copyright? What is their legal status...

A documentary directed by Birkin's friend, who produced the Birkin's Arabesque concert at the Odeon in Paris as well as published a book of photos of...

A portmanteau film in which the producer, instead of as usual using already well known directors with a commercial draw, allowed five new young...

In December 1997, Bertrand Tavernier supported a group of undocumented migrants in Lyon who went on hunger strike to protest against the double...

This documentary recounts the life of the late composer Michel Legrand, known for his works on Les Parapluies de Cherbourg or Les Demoiselles De...

Part one of a BBC documentary about Jean Renoir.

Mixing interviews, rare archival footage and film extracts, the film shows how Melville's works were impacted by what he experienced in his youth...

We follow Marcel Ophuls' two journeys to Sarajevo in 1993. He is starting a documentary about war correspondants. But this also becomes a reflexion...

Created in 1966 by Jean-Marie Rodon and Jean-Max Causse, the Action cinemas has succeeded in establishing itself as the leading group for the...

Efisio Mulas is a meek laborer who lives with occasional work, especially in Don Leandro Sanna's salon, and rounds up the slim balance by betting...

On the verge of an emotional collapse, schoolteacher Laurence takes a week off from work to figure out her life. She reconnects with friends and...

Documentary portrait of the actress Romy Schneider, in which director Frederick Baker tries to form an overall picture from the facets of image,...

Secret Agent Francis Coplan, is given the task of finding priceless artwork stolen by the Nazis' in 1943. The trail leads to Mexico, where Coplan...