The Last Tycoons

French film producers such as Pierre Braunberger, Anatole Dauman, Robert Dorfmann, Mag Bodard, Alain Poiré, Pierre Cottrell, Jacques Perrin, and many others worked tirelessly, behind public view and with great personal fnancial risks to produce some of the most internationally acclaimed and famous film of the post-war era. Without their boldness, intuition, and savvy, such iconic cinema classics as Breathless, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, and Belle de Jour might never exist.

Self-taught and passionate, these men and women financed films when there was little public or private support available, gambling everything they had in the process while bucking established commercial considerations and conventions. Directed by Florence Strauss, the 8-part documentary series THE LAST TYCOONS highlights these brave men and women, who from 1945 to 1980, produced the landmark films that have had a profound influence on the history of cinema and continue to inspire filmmakers and audiences for generations to come.