It All Starts Today

It All Starts Today

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

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Safe Conduct

Safe Conduct

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

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Holy Lola

Holy Lola

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...

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Chance at Love

Chance at Love

Four sketches revolving around the themes of luck and love.

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The Other Side of the Tracks

The Other Side of the Tracks

The first part of a documentary made by Bertrand and Nils Tavernier, following a letter judged provocative by the Minister of Integration at the...

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Beatrice

Beatrice

Somewhere in France during the Middle Ages. Béatrice is impatient to see her father return from English captivity. She doesn't expect however that...

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A Week's Vacation

A Week's Vacation

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

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Daddy Nostalgia

Daddy Nostalgia

A half English, half French screenwriter visits her parents on the Riviera after her father's heart surgery. Once there, she begins to connect with...

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A Matter of Honor

A Matter of Honor

Efisio Mulas is a meek laborer who lives with occasional work, especially in Don Leandro Sanna's salon, and rounds up the slim balance by betting...

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Against Oblivion

Against Oblivion

Contre l'Oubli (Against Oblivion) is a compilation of 30 French filmmakers, Alain Resnais and Jean Luc Godard among them, who use film to make a...

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The Troubles We've Seen

The Troubles We've Seen

We follow Marcel Ophuls' two journeys to Sarajevo in 1993. He is starting a documentary about war correspondants. But this also becomes a reflexion...

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The Undeclared War

The Undeclared War

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

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Don't Make Trouble!

Don't Make Trouble!

Twelve short stories about racism in every day life.

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The Question

The Question

1957. For several months, Henri Charlègue, the ex-director of the newspaper "Alger democratic", banned, has been living in hiding. Suspected of...

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Jane Birkin... Mother of All Babes

Jane Birkin... Mother of All Babes

A documentary directed by Birkin's friend, who produced the Birkin's Arabesque concert at the Odeon in Paris as well as published a book of photos...

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My Journey Through French Cinema

My Journey Through French Cinema

Famous French director Tavernier tells us about his fantastic voyage through the cinema of his country.

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Mississippi Blues

Mississippi Blues

The two directors meander through rural Mississippi in search of the spirit of local music and society. Highlights the heritage of William Faulkner...

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Les baisers

Les baisers

A portmanteau film in which the producer, instead of as usual using already well known directors with a commercial draw, allowed five new young...

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Histoires de vies brisées: les 'double peine' de Lyon

Histoires de vies brisées: les 'double peine' de Lyon

In December 1997, Bertrand Tavernier supported a group of undocumented migrants in Lyon who went on hunger strike to protest against the double...

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