The Clockmaker (1974)

Original title

L'Horloger de Saint-Paul

Directed by

Bertrand Tavernier

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

16

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 119 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A widowed clockmaker realizes he barely knows his teenage son after the son commits a murder and flees with his girlfriend. As the police pursue them, the father decides to support the young couple despite their actions.

understatedintrospectivesobersuspensefulpaternaltenderrestrainedthoughtful

What happens

The Clockmaker (French: L'Horloger de Saint-Paul, also known as The Clockmaker of St. Paul and The Watchmaker of St. Paul) is a 1974 French crime drama film directed by Bertrand Tavernier, his feature film debut. Based on the 1954 novel L'Horloger d'Everton by Georges Simenon, it tells the story of a widowed father who first discovers how little he knows about his teenage son, who kills a man and with his girl goes on the run, but then decides that whatever their faults he will stand by the pair. The film was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize. In the United States, it was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film by the U.S. National Board of Review. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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