Nils Tavernier
Nacimiento : 1965-09-01, Paris, France
Historia
Nils Tavernier (born 1 September 1965) is a French actor and director. He is best known for his film appearances in Beatrice (1987), Valmont (1988), and Revenge of the Musketeers (1994), and for his directorial efforts The Other Side of the Tracks (1997), Etoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet (2001), and Les enfants de Thiès (2001). He is the son of film director Bertrand Tavernier.
Nils Tavernier was born on 1 September 1965 in Normandy, France, the son of director, screenwriter, actor, and producer Bertrand Tavernier and Colo Tavernier O'Hagan. Tavernier made his first screen appearance in a film by his father, Spoiled Children in 1977 while still a teenager. He landed additional roles in feature films such as Beatrice in 1987, L.627 in 1991, and Revenge of the Musketeers in 1993 which was directed by his father. He also played supporting roles in Claude Chabrol's drama film Story of Women (1988) and Miloš Forman's period film Valmont (1988). He also appeared in Brigitte Roüan's After Sex in 1996, and Sylvie Verheyde's Un frère... in 1997.
Tavernier started his career as a director making short films and documentaries. In Etoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet (2001), he explored his passion for dance with Etoiles. He co-directed with his father the documentary Histoires de vies brisées: les 'double peine' de Lyon (2001). In 2009, he directed the documentary The Mystery of Twins. In 2012, he performed with Gil Rabier a documentary about medical errors, What is left of our mistakes? This film is supported by the French Ministry of Health and Public-Hôpitaux de Paris. In 2013, he returned to the themes of childhood, disability, and commitment with the film Of all our forces.
Tavernier has also directed two documentaries for television: L'odyssée de la vie in 2004, in which he questioned the sexuality of the French, and L'odyssée de la vie in 2006, following a woman throughout her pregnancy and its affirmation as a mom within the couple. His most recent film is The Finishers (2013). Tavernier also authored The Mystery of Twins with Marie-Noelle Humbert in 2009.
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The French romance follows musician Dadju and his love story with the hypnotizing Ima. Dadju returns to his home city Kinshasa to perform in a concert. Laetitia is a big fan, but after she finds out that Dadju's concert is sold out, she relies on her father's connections with her boss Yavan to find extra tickets. Yavan invites Dadju to participate in a private concert. Seeking to seduce Laetitia's sister Ima, Yavan hosts the concert, but fate intervenes when Dadju falls in love with Ima at first sight.
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The French romance follows musician Dadju and his love story with the hypnotizing Ima. Dadju returns to his home city Kinshasa to perform in a concert. Laetitia is a big fan, but after she finds out that Dadju's concert is sold out, she relies on her father's connections with her boss Yavan to find extra tickets. Yavan invites Dadju to participate in a private concert. Seeking to seduce Laetitia's sister Ima, Yavan hosts the concert, but fate intervenes when Dadju falls in love with Ima at first sight.
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A finales del s. XIX, Joseph Ferdinand Cheval es un cartero que viaja cada día por la región de Drôme, de pueblo en pueblo. En uno de estos viajes, conoce a la mujer de su vida, Philomena. De esta unión nacerá Alice. Para esta niña que Joseph ama por encima de todo, se lanza a una aventura loca: construirle con sus propias manos un increíble palacio. Sin desistir nunca, este hombre ordinario no abandonará nunca y consagrará 33 años para construir una obra extraordinaria.
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A finales del s. XIX, Joseph Ferdinand Cheval es un cartero que viaja cada día por la región de Drôme, de pueblo en pueblo. En uno de estos viajes, conoce a la mujer de su vida, Philomena. De esta unión nacerá Alice. Para esta niña que Joseph ama por encima de todo, se lanza a una aventura loca: construirle con sus propias manos un increíble palacio. Sin desistir nunca, este hombre ordinario no abandonará nunca y consagrará 33 años para construir una obra extraordinaria.
Writers' Production
Laura, 21, is determined to earn her High school diploma, just like anyone else. Except Laura is a bit different. She has Down syndrome. As she faces her own difficulties, she must also deal with the doubts of her loved ones and the occasional cruelty of her peers. Overcoming challenge after challenge between emotion and laughter, Laura battles for every inch of an opportunity that life tries to keep from her. Like a movie in which disability brings a fresh perspective on life challenges and the pursuit of happiness.
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Julien es un adolescente con un sueño: participar en la prueba de triatlón conocida como “Ironman”, que se celebra todos los años en Niza y está considerada una de las más duras del mundo. Pero hay un problema: Julien es tetrapléjico y vive anclado a una silla de ruedas. Sin embargo, sabe que no es la primera vez que alguien como él se ha atrevido a hacerlo. Cuando su padre, que corrió el “Ironman” en su juventud, queda sin trabajo, Julien hará todo lo posible y lo imposible para convencerle de que ambos participen juntos en la competición, aunque para ello tenga que provocar una auténtica revolución en su familia y poner su mundo boca abajo. (FILMAFFINITY)
Original Story
Julien es un adolescente con un sueño: participar en la prueba de triatlón conocida como “Ironman”, que se celebra todos los años en Niza y está considerada una de las más duras del mundo. Pero hay un problema: Julien es tetrapléjico y vive anclado a una silla de ruedas. Sin embargo, sabe que no es la primera vez que alguien como él se ha atrevido a hacerlo. Cuando su padre, que corrió el “Ironman” en su juventud, queda sin trabajo, Julien hará todo lo posible y lo imposible para convencerle de que ambos participen juntos en la competición, aunque para ello tenga que provocar una auténtica revolución en su familia y poner su mundo boca abajo. (FILMAFFINITY)
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Julien es un adolescente con un sueño: participar en la prueba de triatlón conocida como “Ironman”, que se celebra todos los años en Niza y está considerada una de las más duras del mundo. Pero hay un problema: Julien es tetrapléjico y vive anclado a una silla de ruedas. Sin embargo, sabe que no es la primera vez que alguien como él se ha atrevido a hacerlo. Cuando su padre, que corrió el “Ironman” en su juventud, queda sin trabajo, Julien hará todo lo posible y lo imposible para convencerle de que ambos participen juntos en la competición, aunque para ello tenga que provocar una auténtica revolución en su familia y poner su mundo boca abajo. (FILMAFFINITY)
A documentary about twins.
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Once upon a time there was a kingdom where dancing was forbidden by a tyrant king. Defying the edict of her father, the Princess Aurore continues to dance, for the amusement of herself and brother, Solal. With the kingdom virtually bankrupt, the King has no choice but to marry his daughter to a wealthy prince. As preparations are made for a ball that will set the seal on the marriage, the princess discovers that she is in love.
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Once upon a time there was a kingdom where dancing was forbidden by a tyrant king. Defying the edict of her father, the Princess Aurore continues to dance, for the amusement of herself and brother, Solal. With the kingdom virtually bankrupt, the King has no choice but to marry his daughter to a wealthy prince. As preparations are made for a ball that will set the seal on the marriage, the princess discovers that she is in love.
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A documentary on the nine months of pregnancy, from conception to the birth of a human being, alternating computer graphics and interviews with a young couple.
Stéphane Weil
Dominique Bazin is a 40-year-old woman, business manager, married to Camille, English teacher. They have three children, including an infant. Dominique, a modern day superwoman, divides her time between her lover Maxime, her work meetings and her family life. Camille is a perfect housekeeper and a caring father, who unknowingly suffers from his routine lifestyle.
Jean, le journaliste
Alain, de origen magrebí, vive con el recuerdo de su hermana, secuestrado ante él por un grupo neonazi mientras eran niños. A esto se suma el asesinato de su mejor amigo por el jefe de seguridad de "La Liga Patriótica", un poderoso partido de extrema derecha. Alain decide, al mismo tiempo, por venganza personal y por convicción política, asesinar a Hugues Henry Lègle, el líder de este movimiento.
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In December 1997, Bertrand Tavernier supported a group of undocumented migrants in Lyon who went on hunger strike to protest against the double penalty. An agreement was reached, but the strike resumed a few months later, for lack of a real solution. The director then decides to take his camera and to give a long speech to these men and women that nobody wants to listen to.
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In December 1997, Bertrand Tavernier supported a group of undocumented migrants in Lyon who went on hunger strike to protest against the double penalty. An agreement was reached, but the strike resumed a few months later, for lack of a real solution. The director then decides to take his camera and to give a long speech to these men and women that nobody wants to listen to.
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ETOILES: DANCERS OF THE PARIS OPERA BALLET celebrates the legacy one of the best ballet companies in the world by weaving together rehearsals, tour snapshots and performances of classical ballets such as Swan Lake and La Sylphide, as well as contemporary works such as Maurice Bejart's Ninth Symphony, Jiri Kylian's Doux Mensonge (Sweet Lies) and Pierre Darde's Orison. Celebrated filmmaker Nils Tavernier endeavors to understand the psychology of dance by talking candidly with some of the biggest stars in dance today. The film also features interviews with the dancers who explain how and why they endure the emotional and physical hardships of their profession in their intense drive to be on stage.
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ETOILES: DANCERS OF THE PARIS OPERA BALLET celebrates the legacy one of the best ballet companies in the world by weaving together rehearsals, tour snapshots and performances of classical ballets such as Swan Lake and La Sylphide, as well as contemporary works such as Maurice Bejart's Ninth Symphony, Jiri Kylian's Doux Mensonge (Sweet Lies) and Pierre Darde's Orison. Celebrated filmmaker Nils Tavernier endeavors to understand the psychology of dance by talking candidly with some of the biggest stars in dance today. The film also features interviews with the dancers who explain how and why they endure the emotional and physical hardships of their profession in their intense drive to be on stage.
Pierre
Angelo believes his father works with extraterrestrials on a top secret project.
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The first part of a documentary made by Bertrand and Nils Tavernier, following a letter judged provocative by the Minister of Integration at the time, who spent several months in the Grands Pêchers housing estate in Montreuil, giving voice to its inhabitants. The problems of unemployment, racism, integration and delinquency are addressed.
Vincent
Loic and Sophie are siblings living with their mother in a block of flats. The impetuous, promiscuous Loic is a talented photographer about to make it to the big time, but being pulled back by loyalty to his best friend and ex-lover, both junkies. Sophie, a schoolgirl on holidays, is quietly undergoing a sexual awakening, observing from a distance Loic's milieu; she begins an affair with his business partner to Loic's quasi-incestuous disapproval. Loic is spotted by a prominent editor, but becomes increasingly unhinged, by his friend's violent struggles with dealers, by his lover's demands, by Sophie's 'betrayal', by his own 'demons'. Tragedy inevitably strikes.
François Narou
Diane, una mujer parisina casada con un abogado y con dos hijos, comienza una relación extramatrimonial con un joven ingeniero veinteañero.
Different aspects of homosexual romance are explored in this compendium of ten short vignettes encompassing a broad look at AIDS and range for the tale of a lesbian teen trying to come out to her parents, to a gay man who shocks his lover by claiming to be pregnant, to another man's reminiscence of a brief affair with an HIV-positive man.
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Different aspects of homosexual romance are explored in this compendium of ten short vignettes encompassing a broad look at AIDS and range for the tale of a lesbian teen trying to come out to her parents, to a gay man who shocks his lover by claiming to be pregnant, to another man's reminiscence of a brief affair with an HIV-positive man.
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Different aspects of homosexual romance are explored in this compendium of ten short vignettes encompassing a broad look at AIDS and range for the tale of a lesbian teen trying to come out to her parents, to a gay man who shocks his lover by claiming to be pregnant, to another man's reminiscence of a brief affair with an HIV-positive man.
Christophe
After agonizing for weeks, Valéria finally comes to terms with being in love with another woman and confesses her love for her best friend, Laurence. Short film from the series "L'@mour est à réinventer: dix histoires d'amour au temps du SIDA" ("Love Reinvented: Ten Love Stories in the Age of AIDS").
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After agonizing for weeks, Valéria finally comes to terms with being in love with another woman and confesses her love for her best friend, Laurence. Short film from the series "L'@mour est à réinventer: dix histoires d'amour au temps du SIDA" ("Love Reinvented: Ten Love Stories in the Age of AIDS").
Quentin La Misère
En 1645, D'Artagnan envia a su hija Eloïse a un convento, donde presencia el asesinato de la madre superiora. Sospechando que este crimen está relacionado con un complot contra el Delfín (el heredero del trono francés), va a París y convence a su padre de que la Corona de Francia está en peligro. Con la ayuda de sus viejos y ya achacosos amigos (Athos, Porthos y Aramis), D'Artagnan pondrá al descubierto el complot del duque de Crassac. (FILMAFFINITY)
Vincent
En París, Lulu, un policía apasionado, trabaja con la fe de un novato, a pesar de la burocracia esclerótica, la incompetencia o la negligencia de algunos de sus colegas. En su nueva posición como inspector de narcóticos, trata de mantener su cordura mientras es testigo de lo peor de la condición humana.
Kaiser Franz Joseph
El emperador austríaco se enamora de Isabel. A pesar de que es un amor a primera vista, su relación no será fácil, pues a la madre de él, no le gusta la chica. El director alemán Christoph Böll, quien ya había dirigido el corto "The Sprinter", debutó en el mundo del largometraje con este telefilme que recupera el mito de la emperatriz Sissí, recordada por su gran belleza, su rebeldía y su espíritu avanzado para su época.
Didier Theron
Georges Deblache es un inspector de policía que ha superado la mediana edad y está tan abatido por su vida que se niega a hacerse un chequeo médico, a pesar de que sospecha que tiene cáncer. Su compañero es Didier Theron, quien recientemente se ha casado con una mujer por la que tiene sentimientos de adoración, sentimientos que no le impiden acostarse de manera rutinaria con las muchas mujeres de color que encuentra mientras hace su trabajo. Georges está muy interesado en la apreciada esposa de su pareja, que no es realista, y se abre camino hacia sus brazos, no del todo reacios.
Lucien
Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). La vida en la Francia ocupada es muy difícil. Marie Latour, una mujer casada, decide ayudar a una vecina a interrumpir un embarazo no deseado. Poco a poco empiezan a requerir sus servicios otras mujeres encintas, bien porque han sido violadas, bien porque sus maridos están en el frente. Mientras tanto, el marido de Marie, que permanece en casa debido a una herida de guerra, contempla sorprendido cómo mejora la economía familiar.
Arnaud de Cortemart
Durante cuatro años, Beatrice espera el regreso de su padre y de su hermano, que han caído prisioneros en la batalla de Crecy (1346). Durante su ausencia, ha tenido que luchar para conservar las propiedades de la familia. Cuando regresa su padre, convertido en un rebelde que se opone al orden establecido, Beatrice le demostrará su fortaleza moral.
Le milicien
Narra una rara amistad entre dos mujeres casadas que intentan conseguir el coraje necesario para desafiar las reglas sociales de su tiempo, a fin de escapar de sus desconcertantes vidas...
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From Asia, Africa and Latin America, five women share extraordinary stories of strength and determination in the face of violence and inequality.
