Bertrand Tavernier has created a quiet little film, so quiet that it fails to communicate much at all.

~ David Stanners -

Bertrand Tavernier has created a quiet little film, so quiet that it fails to communicate much at all.

~ David Stanners -

Tavernier creates a picture without a frame.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Tavernier creates a picture without a frame.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The twisting narrative is rendered skilfully so that it is easy to follow even as allegiences and alliances shift, and there is plenty of space to revel in the complexity of the characters.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The twisting narrative is rendered skilfully so that it is easy to follow even as allegiences and alliances shift, and there is plenty of space to revel in the complexity of the characters.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Bertrand Tavernier has crafted a magnificent piece of work.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Bertrand Tavernier has crafted a magnificent piece of work.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film has a simple message - bureaucracy is a bad mother.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film has a simple message - bureaucracy is a bad mother.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This film is not an encyclopedia entry but a living, breathing adventure ride into French cinema through the eyes and ears of the filmmaker.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

This film is not an encyclopedia entry but a living, breathing adventure ride into French cinema through the eyes and ears of the filmmaker.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

This is a serious subject, expertly handled.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This is a serious subject, expertly handled.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The fusion of the crime thriller’s grim reality with the otherworldly fantasy of the ghostly confederate army is, for the most part, very effective.

~ Adam Micklethwaite -

The fusion of the crime thriller’s grim reality with the otherworldly fantasy of the ghostly confederate army is, for the most part, very effective.

~ Adam Micklethwaite -

Carre and Gamblin infuse their performances with an intimacy that feels real.

~ Sarah Artt -

Carre and Gamblin infuse their performances with an intimacy that feels real.

~ Sarah Artt -

Bertrand Tavernier’s 1980 curio Death Watch remains a chilly and enigmatic film, one which is hard to love but not hard to admire.

~ Robert Munro -

Bertrand Tavernier’s 1980 curio Death Watch remains a chilly and enigmatic film, one which is hard to love but not hard to admire.

~ Robert Munro -