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The Last Tycoons

The Last Tycoons

2019 1 Seasons 8 Episodes ⭐ 0.0 Documentary

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 films in the series, as well as colleagues, family members, and experts on French cinema. Interlaced throughout is footage from a wealth of classic French films.

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 films in the series, as well as colleagues, family members, and experts on French cinema. Interlaced throughout is footage from a wealth of classic French films.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

The Romantic Ones

Dissatisfied in Hollywood, brothers Robert and Raymond Hakim returned to France to re-launch their careers. André Paulv

EP 2

The Tenacious Ones

During WWII the Nazis seized the operations of dormant production companies—notably those of Jewish producers who were

EP 3

The Audacious Ones

The New Wave was partly driven by producers who saw hand-held cameras and cheaper lighting as ways to save money. Breath

EP 4

The American Way

In American studios, producers weren't constantly hunting for financing, and unlike under French law, directors didn't n

EP 5

The Lovers

Producers driven by a true passion for film. Mag Bodard was a woman producing films during an almost completely male-dom

EP 6

The Immortals

Raymond Danon's hard-nosed, no-nonsense persona concealed a deep love for cinema and a flair for the theatrical. Danon f

EP 7

Censorship

The 1970s expanded the bounds of the permissible in film — anything that could make it past the censors. Emmanuelle wa

EP 8

The Magnificent Ones

Risk-taking producers at the tail end of a wide-open period of French cinema. Jean-Pierre Rassam lavished money on filmm

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Alexandre Mnouchkine

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