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Bertrand Blier, Provocative Oscar-Winning French Director of ‘Going Places,’ Dies at 85
Bertrand Blier, the provocative Oscar-Winning French Director of 'Going Places' and 'Get Out Your Handkerchiefs,' has died at 85.
Provocative French filmmaker Bertrand Blier, who scored hits with transgressive comedies featuring Gerard Depardieu and Isabelle Huppert, such as “Going Places” and “Get Out Your Handkerchiefs,” died on Jan. 20. Originally released as “The Waltzers” in the U.S., the film, also starring Isabelle Huppert in one of earliest roles, was a major hit on the arthouse circuit. Blier’s other standout works comprise “Menage” (1986); “Too Beautiful For You” (1989), for which he won the Cannes Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for Best Director; Mon Homme (1996) and “The Clink of Ice” in 2010.
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