My Journey Through French Cinema (2016)

Voyage à travers le cinéma français (original title)

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3h 21min
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12 Oct 2016 (France)
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Bertrand Tavernier's personal journey through French cinema, from films he enjoyed as a boy to his own early career, told through portraits of key creative figures.

Director:

Bertrand Tavernier

Writer:

Bertrand Tavernier

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1 win & 3 nominations.
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Writer-director Bertrand Tavernier is truly one of the grand auteurs of the movies. His experience is vast, his knowledge is voluminous, his love is inexhaustible and his perspective is matched only by that of Martin Scorsese. This magnificent, epic documentary has been a lifetime in the making. Tavernier knows his native cinema inside and out, from the giants like Renoir, Godard, and Melville (for whom he worked as an assistant) to now overlooked and forgotten figures like Edmund T. Gréville and Guy Gilles, and his observations and reminiscences are never less than penetrating and always deeply personal.

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	Bertrand Tavernier	...	Self
	François Truffaut	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Jean-Paul Gaultier	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Jean Renoir	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Jean-Paul Le Chanois	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Jean Gabin	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Henri Decoin	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Marcel Carné	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Henri Jeanson	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Alexandre Trauner	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Joseph Kosma	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Antoine Duhamel	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Eddie Constantine	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Michel Deville	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Henri Langlois	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Edmond T. Gréville	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Jean-Pierre Melville	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Jean-Paul Belmondo	...	Self (archiveFootage) (voice)
	Volker Schlöndorff	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Claude Chabrol	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Georges de Beauregard	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Jean-Luc Godard	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Pierre Schoendoerffer	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Claude Sautet	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Thierry Frémaux	...	Self
	Lino Ventura	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	José Giovanni	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Michel Piccoli	...	Self (archiveFootage)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Françoise Giroud	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	André Marcon	...	Récitant / Narrator (voice)
	René Tavernier	...	Self (archiveFootage)

Directed by

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Bertrand Tavernier

Written by

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Bertrand Tavernier

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(writer)

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Frédéric Bourboulon

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producer

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Bruno Coulais

Cinematography by

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Jérôme Alméras
Simon Beaufils
Julien Pamart

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Marie Deroudille
Guy Lecorne

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Juliette Alexandre	...	assistant editor
Niels Barroin	...	colorist assist
François Goderniaux	...	titles designer
Audrey Kleinclaus	...	digital intermediate producer
Alexis Roposte	...	sales manager: Eclair
Raymond Terrentin	...	colorist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Emmanuelle Sterpin

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and researcher

Sound Department

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Jacques Descomps	...	recorder
Olivier Dô Hùu	...	sound (as Olivier Do Huu)
Fanny Weinzaepflen	...	re-recording mixer

Camera and Electrical Department

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Camille Clément	...	assistant camera
Garance Garnier	...	assistant camera

Music Department

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Philippe Laffont

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Music Recorder, Music Mixer

Additional Crew

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Stéphane Lerouge	...	consultant
Jean Ollé-Laprune	...	consultant

Production Companies

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Little Bear
Gaumont (co-production)
Pathé (co-production)
Canal+ (participation)
Ciné+ (participation)
Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music (SACEM) (participation)
La Région Île-de-France (support)
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC) (in partnership with)

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Cohen Media Group (2016) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
Pathé (2016) (France) (theatrical)
StudioCanal (2017) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (subtitled)
Cohen Media Group (2016) (United States)
Midas Filmes (2017) (Portugal)
Yleisradio (YLE) (2018) (Finland) (tv)

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Plot Keywords	reference-to-raoul-walsh narration voice-over-narration filmmaker scene-during-end-credits See All (18) »
Genres	Documentary
Parents Guide	View content advisory »
Certification	Finland:K-12 (TV) France:Tous publics Mexico:B Portugal:M/12 South Korea:15 Switzerland:10 United Kingdom:12A United Kingdom:12 (video rating) United States:Not Rated

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Also Known As	My Journey Through French Cinema (United States) My Journey Through French Cinema (World-wide, English title) A Journey Through French Cinema (United Kingdom) Las películas de mi vida, por Bertrand Tavernier (Spain) 法國光影半生緣 (Hong Kong, Mandarin title) See more »
Runtime	201 min
Country	France
Language	French
Color	Black and White
Aspect Ratio	1.78 : 1 See more »
Filming Locations	Lyon, France See more »

Did You Know?

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Trivia	Prologue: "Something unites Bertrand and me: We are both of the Liberation and of the Cinemathèque.---Jean-Luc Godard" See more »
Movie Connections	Features Under the Roofs of Paris (1930). See more »
Quotes	Bertrand Tavernier: "Dernier Atout" is a brilliant but minor film of Becker's. The real shock cam in seeing "Casque d'Or" at the Noctambule on Rue Champollion where I used to play hooky. I was staggered by the serene assurance with which Becker managed to create a tragic climate that he usually distilled with more restraint... Here the tragedy hits you frontally. What's striking is his formal and visual command, the narrative elegance, and the way this mastery never interferes with the emotion, never makes the work impersonal. It's a film in which you constantly feel the character's heartbeat. The mise en scène flexes emotion like you flex your muscles. See more »

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