Tavernier: The Essential Collection (region-B 8-film Blu-ray box set)

Bertrand Tavernier was one of the most outstanding French film makers of his time. Born in Lyon in 1941, he began his career with a short-lived stint as an assistant to Jean-Pierre Melville - an experience and environment that affected him so deeply that he took up first film journalism then worked as a highly influential press agent for ten years before returning to filmmaking.
A diverse filmmaker whose works covered a spectacular range of genres, settings and time periods, Tavernier imbued his films with intelligence and grace, but they were also often a commentary on political and social injustice and the strength of the human spirit. This essential collection includes 8 of his films, a tribute and testimony to the spectacular work of the legendary filmmaker. QUE LA FÊTE COMMENCE (1975), UNE SEMAINE DE VACANCES (1980), COUP DE TORCHON (1981), L.627 (1992), LA GUERRE SANS NOM (1992), ÇA COMMENCE AUJOURD'HUI (1999), LAISSEZ-PASSER (2002), LA PRINCESSE DE MONTPENSIER (2010)