I (L'HorlogerdeStPaul) I The Classic French
Cinema season continues with Bertrand Tavernier 's first film, a sympathetic study of a middle-aged man's realisation that his son is a total stranger to him.
Starring Philippe Noiret , who gives a moving performance as the watchmaker shattered to learn that his son has killed a man.
In French with English subtitles.
Based on a novel by Georges Simenon
(Jacques Becker 's Montparnasse 19 9 is on Friday at 11.25pm) • FILMS: pages 55-62