Bertrand Tavernier – MRQE

Quai d’Orsay

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Alexandre Taillard de Vorms is a force to be reckoned with. With his silver mane and tanned, athletic body, he stalks the world stage as Minister of Foreign Affairs for France, waging his own war backed up by the holy trinity of diplomatic concepts: legitimacy, lucidity, and efficacy. Enter Arthur Vlaminck. Hired to write the minister’s speeches, Arthur must contend with the sensibilities of his boss and the dirty dealings within the Quai d’Orsay, the ministry’s home.

L’appât

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

With the ambition to start a boutique overseas but without the means to do so, Nathalie finds herself in a desperate situation, where she would do anything to acquire what she needs. Along with her boyfriend, Eric, and his friend Bruno, she concocts a plan where she seduces clueless men and accompanies them to their places, then allows Eric and Bruno to break in. But the three soon encounter trouble after one of their schemes ends in murder.

The Princess of Montpensier

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Set in the high courts of 16th Century France, where the wars of religion between Catholics and Protestants are raging. Marie de Mézières, a beautiful young aristocrat, is in love with Henri de Guise, but her hand in marriage is promised to the Prince of Montpensier.

In the Electric Mist

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Lt. Dave Robicheaux, a detective in New Iberia, Louisiana, is trying to link the murder of a local hooker to New Orleans mobster Julie (Baby Feet) Balboni, who is co-producer of a Civil War film. At the same time, after Elrod Sykes, the star of the film, reports finding another corpse in the Atchafalaya Swamp near the movie set, Robicheaux starts another investigation, believing the corpse to be the remains of a black man who he saw being murdered 35 years before.

Holy Lola

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

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 difficult and transformative adventure, they must contend with obstructive authorities and the jealousies and mistrust of a small community of would-be adoptive parents.

Laissez-passer

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The film is about the French film industry from 1942 to 1944 during the Nazi occupation. The film focuses on assistant director and resistance fighter Jean Devaivre and screenwriter Jean Aurenche. Aurenche is on the move so that he doesn’t have to write anything collaborationist. Devaivre is in dangerous political activity. Devaivre also works for the German production company Continental where he is respected. On the other hand, Aurenche’s scriptwriting doesn’t help how he lives and he is a womanizer which causes him to procrastinate.

Ça commence aujourd’hui

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Set in a forlorn mining town near Valencienne in the north of France, the story is about one man’s struggle to bring life to his once prosperous village and its inhabitants. Philippe Torreton, who won a César for Best Actor with his title role in Capitaine Conan, plays Daniel, the head teacher of a nursery school in a town demoralized by unemployment. Daniel is determined against all odds to bring life to the community. When a parent who has come to pick up her children collapses at the school grounds due to alcohol abuse, and social services turns a deaf ear to all pleas for help, Daniel decides to take the law into his own hands. Despite resistance from the townspeople, in the long run his efforts are not fruitless.

Capitaine Conan

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The last days of World War I, Eastern front. Captain Conan, a lone wolf, a true warrior, leads a band of ruthless French fighters who love hand-to-hand combat; they are not fit for peacetime, they only feel really alive in the chaos of the battlefield.

La Fille de d’Artagnan

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Eloïse (Sophie Marceau) finds her quiet religious pursuits interrupted when men working for the brutal Duke of Crassac (Claude Rich) burst into the convent and kill her mentor, Mother Superior (Pascale Roberts). Through her investigation, she discovers that a coup had been planned. With the help of Quentin (Nils Tavernier) — a bumbling bard who is mightier with pen than sword — Eloïse embarks on a quest to alert her father, D’Artagnan (Philippe Noiret), and the legendary musketeers.

L.627

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In Paris, Lulu, a passionate policeman, works with the faith of a rookie, despite the sclerotic bureaucracy and the incompetence or negligence of some of his colleagues. In his new position as a narcotics inspector, he tries to keep his sanity as he witnesses the worst of the human condition.