Bernard Blier, façon puzzle
In a career spanning more than half a century, Bernard Blier has shot more than 180 films. He alone represents a history of French cinema without having spent his time cultivating its legend. He crossed his century as an actor with the modesty of a craftsman. He believed in learning, know-how and transmission. He considered himself, like the butcher or the cabinetmaker, as a man useful to his fellow men. Bernard Blier found in Louis Jouvet, who was his teacher at the Conservatory, a master at playing, a mentor and even a spiritual father. Jouvet taught Blier the love of acting, theater and Molière. And if he knew how to take hold of Michel Audiard's best tirades like no one else, notably those of the "Tontons Flingueurs", it is to this apprenticeship that he owes it.
- Year: 2020
- Country: France
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: France Télévisions, INA
- Keyword: french cinema, cinema history, quest for knowledge, french artist, famous actor, french actor, traditional values, portrait of an actor, biopic, biographical documentary
- Director: Christophe Duchiron
- Cast: Bernard Blier
