Filmography : Bertrand Tavernier

October 2016

Journey Through French Cinema

Documentary 

Directed by: Bertrand TavernierUsing his own experience — starting from the earliest films seen as a budding cinephile and ending with his first feature, The Clockmaker (1974) — as a way to revisit some of the directors, actors and composers who graced French movies between the 1930's and 70's, Tavernier focuses on a dozen or so... Read more...

November 2013

Quai d'Orsay

Comedy 

Directed by: Bertrand TavernierWith: Thierry Lhermitte, Joséphine de La Baume,...

November 2010

The Princess of Montpensier

War, Historical 

Directed by: Bertrand TavernierWith: Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Mélanie Thierry,...France, 1562. The wars of religion between Catholics and Protestants rage against a backdrop of intrigue and shifting alliances. Marie de Mézières, a beautiful young aristocrat, and Henri de Guise, one of the kingdom's most intrepid heroes, are in love, but Marie's father promises her hand in... Read more...

April 2009

In the Electric Mist

Crime 

Directed by: Bertrand TavernierWith: Tommy Lee Jones, John Goodman, Peter SarsgaardA detective tracking a serial killer who preys on young women finds his investigation complicated by a glamorous Hollywood starlet and a ruthless crime kingpin in director Bertrand Tavernier's adaptation of the James Lee Burke novel In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead. Jerzy Kromolowski,... Read more...

January 2005

Holy Lola

Drama 

Directed by: Bertrand tavernierWith: Isabelle Carré, Jacques Gamblin, Frédéric Pierrot,...The story of a young couple, Pierre and Geraldine, and their desire for a child, which leads them on a journey of initiation to Cambodia. On their difficult and transformative adventure, they must contend with obstructive authorities and the jealousies and mistrust of a small community of would-be... Read more...

Round Midnight

Drama, Musical 

Directed by: Bertrand TavernierWith: Dexter Gordon, François Cluzet, Gabrielle HakerIn 'Round Midnight, real-life jazz legend Dexter Gordon brilliantly portrays the fictional tenor sax player Dale Turner, a musician slowly losing the battle with alcoholism, estranged from his family, and hanging on by a thread in the 1950's New York jazz world. Dale gets an offer to play in Paris,... Read more...

The Judge and the Assassin

Historical, Crime, Drama 

Directed by: Bertrand TavernierWith: Philippe Noiret, Michel Galabru, Isabelle Huppert,...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 was placed, with bullets still remaining in his head, he wanders the country roads and rapes and murders many teenagers over years. The judge Rousseau... Read more...