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The last time I saw Bertrand Tavernier, who died yesterday in Paris at 79, was at the Cannes Film Festival nearly two years ago after the world premiere of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. It was after 1 a.m. and my son Nick and I, who had been elated by the film, were walking down a largely empty Rue d'Antibes when I…

Bertrand Tavernier, the iconic French filmmaker and passionate cinephile known for such award winning works as A Sunday in the Country, Round Midnight, Capitaine Conan, It All Starts Today and Life and Nothing But, has died at the age of 79. The news was confirmed by France’s Lumière Institute in Lyon of which…

Created by Cannes chief Thierry Fremaux and filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier, the Lumiere Festival is due to take place in Lyon from October 10-18. Largely a retrospective event with hundreds of restored films, thematic strands and uncovered gems, it will also feature some titles officially selected for the Cannes…

Author and screenwriter Colo Tavernier O'Hagan has passed away. France’s Institut Lumiére shared the news that the former wife and collaborator of Bertrand Tavernier died of cancer on June 13. A César Award winner for Tavernier’s 1984 drama Un Dimanche A La Campagne, she also worked with such filmmakers as Claude…