The debut feature by French director Bertrand Tavernier (CLEAN SLATE), THE CLOCKMAKER stars Philippe Noiret as the title character, Michel, a man who begins to reexamine his life when he learns that his son is the main suspect in a murder case. Asked for help by the police, Michel realizes that he knows little about his son, and begins to search out to his friends, hoping to learn something about the son who lived with him most of his life. Tavernier co-scripted this eccentric crime drama, based on a novel by Georges Simenon, with New Wave alumni Jean Aurenche and Pierre Bost.