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The Clockmaker

1974 · 1 h 45 min
Directed by Bertrand Tavernier
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Cast

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Plot

A Lyon clockmaker, Michel Descombes, discovers that his son has killed a man and is on the run, and struggles to understand him, in an adaptation of a Simenon novel.

Sinekatalog’s take

A thoughtful and humane first film by Tavernier.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.1 / 10 (3,208 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.