Up Next in Part 1: The Films
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The Clockmaker of St. Paul
Directed by Bertrand Tavernier • 1974 • France
Starring Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Jacques DenisIn Bertrand Tavernier’s masterful feature debut, clockmaker Michel Descombes (Philippe Noiret, in the first of many collaborations with the director) finds his well-ordered life blown apart by ...
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Let Joy Reign Supreme
Directed by Bertrand Tavernier • 1975 • France
Starring Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Jean-Pierre MarielleThe ironically titled second feature by Bertrand Tavernier is an extraordinarily detailed, thrillingly alive evocation of eighteenth-century France during the regency of Philippe d’Orléa...
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The Judge and the Assassin
Directed by Bertrand Tavernier • 1976 • France
Starring Philippe Noiret, Michel Galabru, Isabelle HuppertIn nineteenth-century France, a crazed former soldier (Michel Galabru) embarks on a killing spree across the country. His crimes spark a frantic manhunt, and he soon becomes the prey of an a...