Bertrand Tavernier begins his voyage in the past of the French cinema: he remembers how he falls in love with Jacques Becker's movies .Then he takes us to the late thirties ,with two giants :Jean Renoir ,who was the premier director of the era ,and Marcel Carné ,who was too often underrated .A whole part is given over to Jean Gabin ,who , despite the generally accepted ideas , was a real character actor.
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