Safe Conduct

Safe Conduct French Laissezpasser is a 2002 French historical drama film directed by Bertrand Tavernier and written by Tavernier and Jean Cosmos.

The film is based on French director JeanDevaivres memoirs. Bertrand Tavernier felt compelled to tell the story because of his interest in reviving films from 1942 to 1944 and because he has friendships with key figures from those films. Principle filming began November 6, 2000.The real life Devaivre sued director Tavernier because he wanted his name bigger than Aurenches in the credits. Taverniers enemies, including Cahiers du Cinma and Le Monde, attacked him because they thought that he was attacking the French New Wave when he portrayed the characters of Aurenche and Bost in a positive light. Tavernier thought that it was crazy that they were attacking him and pointed out that he had worked with JeanLuc Godard, Claude Chabrol, Agns Varda, and Jacques Demy and did not oppose any of their works. French critics think that the film supports passitivity and collaboration as well as appealing to the conservative elements of French filmmaking. ........

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