He was a huge figure in French cinema.
Director Bertrand Tavernier, author of films such as "Coup de Torchon" and "L.627", died Thursday, March 25 at the age of 79, announced the Institut Lumière in Lyon of which he was at the head.
"With his wife Sarah, his children Nils and Tiffany and his grandchildren, the Lumière Institute and Thierry Frémaux have the sadness and the pain to inform you of the disappearance, today, of Bertrand Tavernier", tweeted the institution dedicated to the seventh art.
With AFP
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