Directed by Bertrand Tavernier • 1984 • France
Starring Louis Ducreux, Michel Aumont, Sabine Azéma
Bertrand Tavernier paints a bittersweet family portrait with a delicacy worthy of Ozu. On a Sunday in 1912, Monsieur Ladmiral (Louis Ducreux), a painter in the twilight of his life, gets together with his straitlaced son (Michel Aumont) and the young man’s family, as he does nearly every week. On this particular day, however, they are joined by Ladmiral’s daughter (Sabine Azéma), a free-spirited woman whose boisterous energy conceals a hidden complexity. As the day wears on, the small disappointments and regrets that shape the lives of Ladmiral and his children are gradually revealed.
Directed by Bertrand Tavernier • 1989 • United States
Starring Philippe Noiret, Sabine Azéma, Pascale Vignal
With this gorgeously photographed antiwar epic, Bertrand Tavernier examines the emotional hurdles that separate rich from poor, history from truth, and regret from hope. A year after Worl...
Directed by Bertrand Tavernier • 1990 • France
Starring Dirk Bogarde, Jane Birkin, Odette Laure
Dirk Bogarde delivers a spirited final screen performance opposite Jane Birkin in this poignant and perceptive tale about the regrets that mark a lifetime. As a father to his screenwriter daughter Car...
Directed by Bertrand Tavernier • 1996 • France
Starring Philippe Torreton, Samuel Le Bihan, Bernard Le Coq
Bertrand Tavernier delves into the murky morality of wartime in this complex human drama. Following the signing of the armistice in the waning days of World War I, the courageous Captain Co...
