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 captures him, but to serve his ambition seeks to avoid that Bouvier is simply declared insane.

Holy Lola

2004

French

6.5

40%

Bertrand Tavernier Director

Anne Loiret as Nicole

Séverine Caneele as Patricia

Frédéric Pierrot as Xavier

Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus as Yves Fontaine

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 adoptive parents.

The Undeclared War

1992

French

7.6

♡ 3

Bertrand Tavernier Director

Patrick Rotman as Self - Interviewer

Bertrand Tavernier as Self - Narrator

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

The French Minister

2013

French

6.4

♡ 6

62%

55%

Action

Comedy

Bertrand Tavernier Director

Thierry Lhermitte as Alexandre Taillard de Worms

Anaïs Demoustier as Marina

Marie Bunel as Martine

Julie Gayet as Valérie Dumontheil

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 France, waging his own war backed up by the holy trinity of diplomatic concepts: legitimacy, lucidity, and efficacy. Enter Arthur Vlaminck. Hired to write the minister's speeches, Arthur must contend with the sensibilities of his boss and the dirty dealings within the Quai d'Orsay, the ministry's home.

Safe Conduct

2002

French

6.9

♡ 1

76%

Bertrand Tavernier Director

Robert Glenister as Capt. Townsend

Tim Pigott-Smith as Fleming

Jeremy Child as Jeremy

Marie Gillain as Olga

During the Nazi occupation of France as two filmmakers attempt to navigate their careers without compromising their ideals. Facing pressure from the Vichy government, assistant director Jean Devaivre uses his position at the German-controlled studio Continental Films as a cover for his resistance activities, while screenwriter Jean Aurenche uses his wits to keep from being involved in the creation of any collaborationist propaganda.

A Sunday in the Country

1984

French

7.4

♡ 1

100%

Bertrand Tavernier Director

Thomas Duval as Emile

Jean-Roger Milo as Fisherman

Erika Faivre as Little girl

Claude Winter as Madame Ladmiral

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 daugther Irene arrives. She is always in a hurry, she lives alone and does not come so often... An intimist chronicle in which what is not shown, what is guessed, is more important than how it looks, dealing with what each character expects of life.

A Week's Vacation

1980

French

6.6

♡ 1

Action

Drama

Bertrand Tavernier Director

Jean Sourbier as André

Nathalie Baye as Laurence Cuers

Philippe Noiret as Michel Descombes

Gérard Lanvin as Pierre

On the verge of an emotional collapse, schoolteacher Laurence takes a week off from work to figure out her life. She reconnects with friends and family and wrestles with everything from whether she should continue her job to whether she should have a child with her boyfriend.

Let Joy Reign Supreme

1975

French

7.0

♡ 5

80%

Bertrand Tavernier Director

Michael Powell as John Law

Jean Rochefort as L'abbé Dubois

Thierry Lhermitte as le comte de Horn

Christian Clavier as Le valet de l'auberge

A look at 18th-century France, when the authorities depravity contributed to social oppression, and the uprisings flared up one after another.

'Round Midnight

1986

English

7.4

♡ 10

100%

89%

Drama

jazz

jazz singer or musician

Bertrand Tavernier Director

Arthur French as Booker

Victoria Gabrielle Platt as Chan Turner

Martin Scorsese as Goodley

Philippe Noiret as Redon

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 a glass of wine strains to hear those notes. Soon they will form a friendship that sparks a final burst of genius.

Captain Conan

1996

French

7.2

♡ 8

80%

Action

based on novel or book

soviet union revolution

War

world war i

Bertrand Tavernier Director

Christophe Odent as Cabanel

Frédéric Pierrot as Chef de train

Eugen Cristea as Monsieur Loyal du cabaret

Patrick Delage as Serveur Messinge

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 not fit for peacetime, they only feel really alive in the chaos of the battlefield.

Death Watch

1980

French

6.5

♡ 11

79%

husband wife relationship

Bertrand Tavernier Director

Alan Tall as Demonstrator

Bill Nighy as Man in 'Harriet scene'

Harvey Keitel as Roddy

Harry Dean Stanton as Vincent Ferriman

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 the morbid theme of a revolutionary reality show, broadcast through the curious eyes of a peculiar camera.

It All Starts Today

1999

French

7.4

♡ 4

81%

Bertrand Tavernier Director

Michelle Goddet as Beaten child's mother

Stefan Elbaum as Beaten child's uncle

Philippe Torreton as Daniel Lefebvre

Thierry Gibault as Police inspector

In a mining town which has been blighted by economic downturns, an elementary school headmaster struggles to obtain social services on behalf of his students.

L.627

1992

French

7.2

♡ 8

84%

Bertrand Tavernier Director

John Arnold as Addict L.627

Luc Palun as Brigadier

Jean-Roger Milo as Manuel

Frédéric Pierrot as Réné

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 position as a narcotics inspector, he tries to keep his sanity as he witnesses the worst of the human condition.

The Princess of Montpensier

2010

French

6.5

♡ 8

85%

Bertrand Tavernier Director

Lambert Wilson as François de Chabannes

Mélanie Thierry as Marie de Montpensier

César Domboy as Mayenne

Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet as Philippe de Montpensier

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 with Henri de Guise, but her hand in marriage is promised to the Prince of Montpensier.

Clean Slate

1981

French

7.3

♡ 9

88%

Bertrand Tavernier Director

Stéphane Audran as Huguette / Lucien's wife

Gérard Hernandez as Leonelli

Philippe Noiret as Lucien Cordier

Isabelle Huppert as Rose Marcaillou

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

In the Electric Mist

2009

English

6.1

♡ 25

54%

Bertrand Tavernier Director

James Gammon as Ben Hebert

Ritchie Montgomery as Club Leon Bartender

Tommy Lee Jones as Dave Robicheaux

John Goodman as Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni

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 of a Civil War film. At the same time, after Elrod Sykes, the star of the film, reports finding another corpse in the Atchafalaya Swamp near the movie set, Robicheaux starts another investigation, believing the corpse to be the remains of a black man who he saw being murdered 35 years before.

The Bait

1995

French

6.7

♡ 3

67%

Bertrand Tavernier Director

François Berléand as Insp. Durieux

Christophe Odent as Laurent

Marie Gillain as Nathalie

Clotilde Courau as Patricia

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 she needs. Along with her boyfriend, Eric, and his friend Bruno, she concocts a plan where she seduces clueless men and accompanies them to their places, then allows Eric and Bruno to break in. But the three soon encounter trouble after one of their schemes ends in murder.

Spoiled Children

1977

French

6.5

♡ 5

95%

Bertrand Tavernier Director

Michel Piccoli as Bernard Rougerie

Isabelle Huppert as La secrétaire du député

Christian Clavier as Le réalisateur TV

Thierry Lhermitte as Stéphane Lecouvette

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 into an apartment building whose tenants are in the midst of a revolt against their abusive landlord. Reluctant at first, he joins their cause and then becomes involved in an affair with young, unemployed resident Anne.

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Let Joy Reign Supreme

'Round Midnight

Captain Conan

Death Watch

It All Starts Today

L.627

The Princess of Montpensier

Clean Slate

In the Electric Mist

The Bait

Spoiled Children