| The Clockmaker | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Bertrand Tavernier |
| Written by | Georges Simenon (novel) Jean Aurenche Pierre Bost Bertrand Tavernier |
| Produced by | Raymond Danon |
| Starring | Philippe Noiret Jean Rochefort |
| Cinematography | Pierre-William Glenn |
| Edited by | Armand Psenny |
| Music by | Philippe Sarde |
| Distributed by | Studio Canal |
Release date |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Box office | $7.4 million[1] |
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. 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.[2] In the United States, it was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film by the U.S. National Board of Review.[3]
- ^ "L\'Horloger de Saint-Paul (1974) - JPBox-Office".
- ^ "Berlinale 1974: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
- ^ "1976 Award Winners". National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.