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Bertrand Tavernier

Bertrand Tavernier


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Bertrand Tavernier - what members say


  • Laissez Passer
  • Laissez Passer review by A customer from Surrey
    Rated - 0.0 stars What a disappointment & travesty! 18 September 2009
    ...Since I admire Bertrand Tavernier’s movies immensely I awaited this title with great anticipation. I was sadly disappointed - it is undoubtedly his worst film ever, and then some...   Read customer review
  • It All Starts Today
  • It All Starts Today review by A customer from Surrey
    Rated - 5.0 stars A wonderful, Inspiring and Life-Affirming Movie! 14 July 2009
    ...ful documentary on the making of the movie and the interview with the director, Bertrand Tavernier - both are well worth watching. This is a film worth seeing with your whole fam...   Read customer review
  • Coup De Torchon
  • Coup De Torchon review by 2ManyFilms from London
    Rated - 3.0 stars So what? 6 May 2008
    ...Isabelle Hupert. It's based on a Jim Thompson novel (Pop. 1280). Its director Bertrand Tavernier has transplanted the story from Potts County USA to Bourkassa Africa before Wor...   Read customer review

Bertrand Tavernier - filmography


  • Laissez Passer on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Charlotte Kady,  Maria Pitarresi,  Olivier Gourmet
    Director: Bertrand Tavernier
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Bertrand Tavernier directs this epic film, set in 1942 Paris during the country's occupation by Germany. Based on a true story, the French film industry during that period is the focus of the film, told from the point of view of two characters: a writer and an assistant director. Both are men are ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 683 members
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  • It All Starts Today on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Philippe Torreton,  Maria Pitarresi,  Nadia Kaci
    Director: Bertrand Tavernier
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Ca Commence Aujourdhui (aka. It All Starts Today) stars Philippe Torreton as, Daniel, a schoolmaster of a nursery in a small French town. The local economy, which depended entirely on coal production, has been mired in a depression ever since the mines were closed. When their parents fall into ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 322 members
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  • D'Artagnan's Daughter on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Sophie Marceau,  Philippe Noiret,  Claude Rich
    Director: Bertrand Tavernier
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This film tells the story of Eloise (Sophie Marceau), the daughter of D'Artagnan (Phillipe Noiret), one of the three Musketeers. Left in a nunnery and dedicated to helping the less fortunate, Eloise discovers a conspiracy to overthrow the king of France. She enlists the aid of her father and the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 279 members
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  • L.627 on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Didier Bezace,  Jean-Paul Comart,  Charlotte Kady
    Director: Bertrand Tavernier
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This gritty police drama shows us the underbelly of the Parisian drug trade. Lulu is a tough streetwise narcotics cop who, like a Frank Serpico or a Dirty Harry Callahan, doesn't play by the rules or kowtow to his weak and/or corrupt superiors. Lulu thrives in this violent world, where sheer guts ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 293 members
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  • Daddy Nostalgia (1990)
    Starring: Dirk Bogarde,  Jane Birkin,  Odette Laure
    Director: Bertrand Tavernier
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The setting is the Riviera in autumn. A retired English businessman has just been through heart surgery but it has, apparently, done little to relieve his constant pain or improve his long-term survival prospects. During his recuperation Caroline, his adult daughter, comes from Paris to be with him ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 4 members
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  • Round Midnight (1986)
    Starring: Dexter Gordon,  Francois Cluzet,  Gabrielle Haker
    Director: Bertrand Tavernier
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A moving story of an expatriate black jazz musician and his struggle to create the be-bop sound in 1959 Paris. First-time actor Dexter Gordon was nominated for an Academy Award as the aging sax player, and Herbie Hancock's score won an Oscar.
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 36 members
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  • Coup De Torchon on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Philippe Noiret,  Isabelle Huppert,  Jean-Pierre Marielle
    Director: Bertrand Tavernier
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Coup De Torchon stars Philippe Noiret as Lucien Cordier, an ieffectual local constable. The townsfolk and his adulterous wife alike, view him with contempt - however he realises that he can use his position to gain revenge and vengeance on those who don't respect him!
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 499 members
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  • Death Watch - Blu-ray (1980)
    Starring: Romy Schneider,  Harvey Keitel,  Harry Dean Stanton
    Director: Bertrand Tavernier
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Before Big Brother there was Death Watch. Media mogul Vincent Ferriman (Harry Dean Stanton) wants to create the most popular reality television show ever. He cajoles journalist Roddy (Harvey Keitel) into having cameras implanted in his eyes and sets him on the trail of terminally ill Katherine ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 45% from 2 members
    Due for release on 1st October 2012
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  • Death in Full View (1980)
    Starring: Romy Schneider,  Harvey Keitel,  Harry Dean Stanton
    Director: Bertrand Tavernier
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    After Roddy has a camera implanted in his brain he is employed to film a documentary about terminally ill Katherine, without her knowledge. His film would then be shown on the popular TV series "Death Watch", but all does not work out according to plan.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 16 members
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  • Death Watch (1980)
    Starring: Romy Schneider,  Harvey Keitel,  Harry Dean Stanton
    Director: Bertrand Tavernier
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Before Big Brother there was Death Watch. Media mogul Vincent Ferriman (Harry Dean Stanton) wants to create the most popular reality television show ever. He cajoles journalist Roddy (Harvey Keitel) into having cameras implanted in his eyes and sets him on the trail of terminally ill Katherine ..read more »
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    Due for release on 1st October 2012
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Bertrand Tavernier facts

5 most recent films

The Princess of Montpensier - 3.0 stars
The Princess of Montpensier - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
In The Electric Mist - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
In the Electric Mist - 2.5 stars
Laissez Passer - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

It All Starts Today - 3.5 stars
Coup De Torchon - 3.5 stars
The Watchmaker of St. Paul - 3.5 stars
The Judge And The Assassin - 3.5 stars
L.627 - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Death Watch - 3 stars
Death Watch - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Death in Full View - 3.0 stars
Daddy Nostalgia - 3.5 stars
Life and Nothing But - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Philippe Noiret - 5 times - show films
Melanie Thierry - 3 times - show films
William Russell - 3 times - show films
Tommy Lee Jones - 3 times - show films
Max von Sydow - 3 times - show films