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Celebrated and controversial French director Bertrand Blier dies aged 85

  • Veteran French film provocateur Bertrand Blier has died at the age of 85, as confirmed by his son Leonard Blier to AFP.
  • Blier is best known for launching Gérard Depardieu's career with the controversial film Les Valseuses in 1974.
  • He won the Best Foreign Film Oscar in 1978 for Get Out Your Handkerchiefs, featuring the Depardieu-Dewaere duo.
  • Blier's work often challenged social norms, and he described modern cinema as irritating.
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