Bertrand Tavernier

25.04.1941, Lyon, France

 

Director
Tavernier is a French director, screenwriter and producer. He is one of the most important directors following the New Wave generation. He left his law studies to write film critiques in French magazines such as the \'Cahiers du cinema\'. During the 1960s he began directing short films and co-wrote screenplays for many films. He made his directing debut with The Watchmaker of St. Paul (L\' horloger de Saint-Paul, 1974). Afterward, he made Let Joy Reign Supreme (Que la fęte commence, 1975) that in 1976 brought him the French film award César for Best Screenplay and Director, The Judge and the Assassin (Le juge et l\'assassin, 1976), Spoiled Children (Des enfants gâtés, 1977), Death in Full View (La mort en direct, 1980), A Week\'s Holiday (Une semaine de vacances, 1980), Clean Slate (Coup de torchon, 1981), A Sunday in the Country (Un dimanche ŕ la campagne, 1984) that won the award for the Best Director in Cannes in 1984. godine, \'Round Midnight (1986), Beatrice (La passion Béatrice, 1987), Life and Nothing But (La vie et rien d\'autre, 1989), Daddy nostalgie (1990), D\'Artagnan\'s Daughter (La fille de d\'Artagnan, 1994), Captain Conan (Capitaine Conan, 1996), Safe Conduct (Laissez-passer, 2002), Holy Lola (2004).

Films by this director

A Sunday in the Country

(Un dimanche à la campagne, 1984)

Directed by: Bertrand Tavernier
PHOTOGRAPHY: Bruno de Keyzer
Synopsis:

Widower Monsieur Ladmiral is a seventy-year-old painter who lives on his estate close to Paris. His paintings and his maid Mercédčs are his company. On Sundays he is visited by Gonzague, his wife and children and his daughter Irčne who lives alone and is always in a hurry. This is an intimate portrait of family relationships that occur on Sundays in the country…

color, 90 min

Safe Conduct

(Laissez-passer, 2002)

Directed by: Bertrand Tavernier
PHOTOGRAPHY: Alain Choquart
Synopsis:

This film questions the survival of the French film industry during the German occupation of France. The leading film studio, Continental film, in the country is under German leadership. Jean-Devaivre works there as assistant director and he is simultaneously a member of the French resistance. Screenplay writer Jean Aurenche refuses any connection to the Germans and tries to survive in his own way.

color, 35mm, 170 minuta
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