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Journeys Through French Cinema (2019)

Directed by Bertrand Tavernier

Overview

The acclaimed director of such films as Coup de Torchon and ‘Round Midnight guides us through a roster of filmmakers both influential and forgotten, explores how his country’s cinema was shaped by the German occupation and changed again through the New Wave, spotlights little-known female filmmakers, and more. Subjects include: René Clément, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Julien Duvivier, Henri Decoin, Claude Autant-Lara, as well as composers who made movie music an art in and of itself, far from the Hollywood spotlight.

Length 459 minutes

Actors

Henri-Georges Clouzot | René Clément | Bertrand Tavernier | Claude Autant-Lara | Julien Duvivier | Henri Decoin