Director BERTRAND TAVERNIER returns to historical drama with his latest big-screen outing, THE PRINCESS OF MONTPENSIER.
Adapted from a short story by Madame de La Fayette and set in 1562, MONTPENSIER is a tale of the passions and tragic fate of a rich heiress of a French kingdom under threat in the Wars of Religion.
Click on the audio files below to hear Tavernier talk to film journalist Jan Gilbert about why a story written in 17th-century France is still so modern, how he continues to make the films he really wants, and what he learned from Hitchcock.
Director Bertrand Tavernier on set with Melanie Thierry, star of The Princess of Montpensier
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**THE PRINCESS OF MONTPENSIER is in UK cinemas from 8 JULY
