Title from sell sheet. Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort. Based on the novel L'horloger d'Everton by Georges Simenon. Originally released as a motion picture in 1974. Wide screen. Bonus features: new introduction by fillmmaker Walter Hill; audio commentary by director Bertrand Tavernier; interview with Tavernier and Philippe Noiret (2001); interview with Tavernier (2008); trailer.
Summary:
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.
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