Veteran French filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier (1941–2021): In genuine appreciation
Veteran French filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier (1941–2021): In genuine appreciation The death late last month of French director-screenwriter, producer and film historian Bertrand Tavernier, a few weeks before his 80th birthday, saw an outpouring of tributes from throughout France and internationally. A tweet by former Cannes Film Festival president Gilles Jacob captured something of the wider sentiment. “French cinema is mourning,” Jacob wrote. “The filmmaker, the cinephile, the memory, all contributed to the exercise of an art to which he dedicated his life. He will no longer tell us h...