Jean-Charles Tacchella, the screenwriter and film director who has died aged 98, was best known outside his native France for Cousin Cousine (1975), a light comedy of manners which became an indie hit ...

Tacchella with Oscar-nominated Marie-Christine Barrault in January 1976 after their film Cousin Cousine was awarded the Louis Delluc Prize in Paris - AFP via Getty Images Jean-Charles Tacchella, the ...