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Bertrand Tavernier, Passionate French Filmmaker and Champion of Cinema, Dies at 79

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Bertrand Tavernier, the filmmaker, cineaste and critic who emerged in the wake of the French New Wave with such classics asThe Clockmaker of St.

Paul,A Sunday in the Countryand'Round Midnight, died Thursday. He was 79. Tavernier diedin Sainte-Maxime in the Var region of southeastern France, relatives told the newspaper La Croix.

Renowned for the movies he made with actor Philippe Noiret, includingThe Clockmaker of St. Paul(1974),Coup de Torchon(1981) andLife and Nothing But(1989), Tavernier directed nearly 30 features and documentaries in a prolific career that began in the early 1960s and continued for the next 50-odd years.

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