Georges Lautner directed his first film, La Môme aux boutons, in 1958.
The year 1960 marks his first collaboration with Bernard Blier, in the film Marche ou crève, which the director considers his first film. They would collaborate seven more times on films such as Le Septième Juré or Le Monocle noir.
However, the Blier/Lautner collaboration is best remembered for the huge success of Les Tontons flingueurs, in 1963.
This film also marked the beginning of a fruitful partnership with screenwriter Michel Audiard with whom he would have his greatest successes, such as Les Barbouzes, Le Pacha, Ne nous fâchons pas, Flic ou voyou, and finally, in 1981, Le Professionnel, which achieved over 5 million admissions.
Between 1963 and 1985, Lautner and Audiard made fourteen films together, representing French popular cinema, and whose heroes were often portrayed by Francis Blanche, Lino Ventura, Jean Lefebvre, or Bernard Blier.
In 1970, he attempted a Hollywood experience by directing La Route de Salina, with Rita Hayworth.
He then directed two crime films with Alain Delon in the lead role, Les Seins de glace and Mort d’un pourri.
But the 1970s especially marked the beginning of a new team formed by Georges Lautner and Jean-Paul Belmondo, for whom he crafted tailor-made roles. Then came Le Professionnel in the early 1980s, the director’s biggest commercial success, with music composed by the renowned Ennio Morricone, who was nominated for a César Award for his composition.
Upon the death of Michel Audiard in 1985, the director oscillated between comedy and crime films.
In 1992, he ended his film career with L’Inconnu dans la maison.
In the program:
– Mort d’un pourri
11 AM – La Licorne
– Le Septième Juré
2 PM – Les Arcades
– The Professional
4 PM – Miramar
– Closing evening and awards ceremony
Let it go… and it’s a waltz
7:30 PM – Théâtre Croisette (by invitation)
