Clockmaker Of St. Paul, The

The Clockmaker of St. Paul is the debut feature of
legendary director Bertrand Tavernier (A Sunday in the
Country, Journeys Through French Cinema). Adapted
from Georges Simenon’s novel The Watchmaker
of Everton (1954), it stars Philippe Noiret (Cinema
Paradiso) as the unassuming title character, a man who
begins to reexamine his life when his son is wanted
for murder. Asked for help by the police inspector
(Jean Rochefort, Man on the Train), he realizes how
little he knew about his son, and begins to seek out
the truth hidden behind his family’s walls. It’s “a work
of assurance and ease” (New York Times) that was cowritten
by the famed duo of Jean Aurenche and Pierre
Bost (Forbidden Games).

Bonus
New introduction by filmmaker Walter Hill | Audio commentary by director Bertrand Tavernier | Interview with Tavernier and Philippe Noiret (2001) | Interview with Tavernier (2008) | Trailer