An eight-part series on the history of French cinema from the postwar era to New Wave and beyond. Unearths the stories behind the films’ creation through live and archival interviews with the producers of the …
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Ep 12019-10-12
The Romantic Ones
Dissatisfied in Hollywood, brothers Robert and Raymond Hakim returned to France to re-launch their careers. …
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Ep 22019-10-19
The Tenacious Ones
During WWII the Nazis seized the operations of dormant production companies—notably those of Jewish producers …
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Ep 32019-10-26
The Audacious Ones
The New Wave was partly driven by producers who saw hand-held cameras and cheaper lighting …
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Ep 42019-11-02
The American Way
In American studios, producers weren't constantly hunting for financing, and unlike under French law, directors …
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Ep 52019-11-09
The Lovers
Producers driven by a true passion for film. Mag Bodard was a woman producing films …
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Ep 62019-11-16
The Immortals
Raymond Danon's hard-nosed, no-nonsense persona concealed a deep love for cinema and a flair for …
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Ep 72019-11-23
Censorship
The 1970s expanded the bounds of the permissible in film — anything that could make …
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Ep 82019-11-30
The Magnificent Ones
Risk-taking producers at the tail end of a wide-open period of French cinema. Jean-Pierre Rassam …