Search results for "Bertrand Tavernier"
Fresh Bait

Fresh Bait

Fresh Bait
IMDb: 6.8
117

With the ambition to start a boutique overseas but without the means to do so, Nathalie finds herself in a desperate situation, where she would do anything to acquire what…

Genre: Crime, Drama
In the Electric Mist

In the Electric Mist

In the Electric Mist
IMDb: 6.1
117

Lt. Dave Robicheaux, a detective in New Iberia, Louisiana, is trying to link the murder of a local hooker to New Orleans mobster Julie (Baby Feet) Balboni, who is co-producer…

Léon Morin, Priest

Léon Morin, Priest

Léon Morin, Priest
IMDb: 7.5
117

In World War II, the widow Barny sees the Italian soldiers arriving in occupied Saint Bernard while walking to her job. Barny lives with her daughter and works correcting tests…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Death Watch

Death Watch

Death Watch
IMDb: 6.6
131

In a future world where the disease has been finally defeated and everything can be sold, even the crude spectacle of death, the rare case of a dying woman becomes…

Captain Conan

Captain Conan

Captain Conan
IMDb: 7.2
129

The last days of World War I, Eastern front. Captain Conan, a lone wolf, a true warrior, leads a band of ruthless French fighters who love hand-to-hand combat; they are…

Genre: Drama, War
The Judge and the Assassin

The Judge and the Assassin

The Judge and the Assassin
IMDb: 7.3
128

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…

Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Holy Lola

Holy Lola

Holy Lola
IMDb: 6.5
130

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…

Genre: Drama
La Guerre sans nom

La Guerre sans nom

La Guerre sans nom
IMDb: 7.8
240

Documentary on the French-Algerian conflict 1954-1962 which was never officially called a “war”, including interviews with some of the survivors.

Genre: Documentary
It All Starts Today

It All Starts Today

It All Starts Today
IMDb: 7.4
117

Set in a forlorn mining town near Valencienne in the north of France, the story is about one man’s struggle to bring life to his once prosperous village and its…

Genre: Drama
L.627

L.627

L.627
IMDb: 7.2
141

In Paris, Lulu, a passionate policeman, works with the faith of a rookie, despite the sclerotic bureaucracy and the incompetence or negligence of some of his colleagues. In his new…

Genre: Drama, Thriller
A Sunday in the Country

A Sunday in the Country

A Sunday in the Country
IMDb: 7.5
90

In France, before WWI. As every Sunday, an old painter living in the country is visited by his son Gonzague, coming with his wife and his three children. Then his…

Genre: Drama, Family
Safe Conduct

Safe Conduct

Safe Conduct
IMDb: 6.9
170

The film is about the French film industry from 1942 to 1944 during the Nazi occupation. The film focuses on assistant director and resistance fighter Jean Devaivre and screenwriter Jean…

Genre: Drama, History, War
A Week’s Vacation

A Week’s Vacation

A Week’s Vacation
IMDb: 6.7
99

Laurence, a young schoolteacher from Lyon, takes a week’s leave. During the break, she reflects on her career and her personal life.

Genre: Drama
Spoiled Children

Spoiled Children

Spoiled Children
IMDb: 6.4
114

Successful writer/director Bernard Rougerie is at a creative dead end and decides to isolate himself from his wife in order to complete the script for his next film. Bernard moves…

Genre: Drama
Let Joy Reign Supreme

Let Joy Reign Supreme

Let Joy Reign Supreme
IMDb: 7
114

France, 1719. Louis 14th died four years ago, Philippe d’Orleans is the regent. He is a liberal and a libertine. His right-hand man, Dubois, an atheistic and cupid priest, as…

Genre: Drama, History, War
The French Minister

The French Minister

The French Minister
IMDb: 6.4
113

Alexandre Taillard de Vorms is a force to be reckoned with. With his silver mane and tanned, athletic body, he stalks the world stage as Minister of Foreign Affairs for…

Genre: Comedy
The Princess of Montpensier

The Princess of Montpensier

The Princess of Montpensier
IMDb: 6.5
139

Set in the high courts of 16th Century France, where the wars of religion between Catholics and Protestants are raging. Marie de Mézières, a beautiful young aristocrat, is in love…

Round Midnight

Round Midnight

Round Midnight
IMDb: 7.4
133

Inside the Blue Note nightclub one night in 1959 Paris, an aged, ailing jazzman coaxes an eloquent wail from his tenor sax. Outside, a young Parisian too broke to buy…

Genre: Drama
Coup de Torchon

Coup de Torchon

Coup de Torchon
IMDb: 7.4
128

A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in life, and resorts to drastic means to achieve it.

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama