Bertrand Tavernier Movies

Inside the Blue Note nightclub one night in 1959 Paris, an aged, ailing jazzman coaxes an eloquent wail from his tenor sax. Outside, a young Parisian...

With the ambition to start a boutique overseas but without the means to do so, Nathalie finds herself in a desperate situation, where she would do...

Following the death of her wealthy husband, American widow Kathryn West migrates to Italy and takes up a reclusive existence in a luxurious villa....

France, 1893. Joseph Bouvier attempts to shoot his love who refused to marry him and to commit suicide. Upon release from the filthy asylum where he...

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

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....

In a mining town which has been blighted by economic downturns, an elementary school headmaster struggles to obtain social services on behalf of his...

Lt. Dave Robicheaux, a detective in New Iberia, Louisiana, is trying to link the murder of a local hooker to New Orleans mobster Julie (Baby Feet)...

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...

Hollywood careers are full of make-or-break moments. For Clint Eastwood, one such moment came when studio powers agreed to let him make his directing...

Enigmatic gangster Silien may or may not be responsible for informing on Faugel, who was just released from prison and is already involved in what...

Lyons, France. Michel Descombes is a watchmaker who lives alone with his teenage son Bernard. When the police visit and informs him that Bernard...

In a future world where the disease has been finally defeated and everything can be sold, even the crude spectacle of death, the rare case of a dying...

A look at 18th-century France, when the depravity of the authorities contributed to social oppression, and the uprisings flared up one after another.

In Paris, Lulu, a passionate policeman, works with the faith of a rookie, despite the sclerotic bureaucracy and the incompetence or negligence of...

Early new wave effort from Rohmer, which was the first of his six moral tales. It concerns a young man who approaches a girl in the street, but after...

Somewhere in France during the Middle Ages. Béatrice is impatient to see her father return from English captivity. She doesn't expect however...

What makes European cinema so special? Find out in Paul Joyce’s feature-length documentary, Pictures of Europe, which examines the differences...

The last days of World War I, Eastern front. Captain Conan, a lone wolf, a true warrior, leads a band of ruthless French fighters who love...

Alexandre Taillard de Vorms is a force to be reckoned with. With his silver mane and tanned, athletic body, he stalks the world stage as Minister of...