Bertrand Blier, son of French actor Bernard Blier, was surrounded by theatre and film since childhood. Although he did not frequent the theatre and film sets his father worked on often, he was ...

The son of actor Bernard Blier, he gave Gérard Depardieu his big break in 1974 with the cult film Les Valseuses (French for “the waltzers” but also a slang term for testicles), a hugely ...

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.