Directed by Bertrand Tavernier • 1977 • France
Starring Christine Pascal, Michel Piccoli, Michel Aumont
One of director Bertrand Tavernier’s most personal stories centers on successful filmmaker Bernard Rougerie (Michel Piccoli), who, while working on his latest project, suffers a creative block that leads him to separate from his wife and take a new apartment. There, he finds himself drawn into an affair with new neighbor Anne (Christine Pascal) while joining fellow residents in their fight against their unscrupulous landlord. Throughout, Tavernier balances an intimate story of love and creativity with commentary on class and gender dynamics.
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Death Watch
Directed by Bertrand Tavernier • 1980 • France, West Germany
Starring Romy Schneider, Harvey Keitel, Harry Dean StantonPart human drama, part sci-fi cautionary tale, Bertrand Tavernier’s DEATH WATCH unfolds in a future where death by disease has become extremely rare. When it is discovered that...
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A Week’s Vacation
Directed by Bertrand Tavernier • 1980 • France
Starring Nathalie Baye, Gérard Lanvin, Flore FitzgeraldOn the verge of an emotional collapse, schoolteacher Laurence (Nathalie Baye) takes a week off from work in order to figure out her life, reconnecting with friends and family as she wrestles wi...
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Mississippi Blues
Directed by Bertrand Tavernier and Robert Parrish • 1983 • France, United States
See the American South through the eyes of one of French cinema’s most illustrious filmmakers. Fascinated by a culture he knows primarily through books, music, and film, Bertrand Tavernier, along with southerner and...
