StudioCanal - Paris The Great Saga (2012) Part 4 Modernity

Paris 5,000 years of History: Discover Paris as you've never imagined it through the stories of men and women caught up in its stormy fate, through the events that shaped this age-old city along with the daily life that filled it.'Paris over the ages' lets you relive these adventures through fictional reenactments.You'll be swept up in the wild saga as we follow ordinary Parisians from the different eras.

Part 4: Modernity

Period that leads to the current Paris. A beginning of century that gave birth to the genius of several architects and scientists. Gustave Eiffel just completed his masterpiece, his great tower. Local population is moving around by a new kind of train the Métropolitain. Intellectuals and artists are coming massively in the capital making it their home. From Montparnasse to Saint-Germain-des-Prés through Montmartre, the city of light is at the top of creation, diversity and exchange… Even with the two wars that put a grey area around this period, Paris rose from the ashes. The look focused towards the future, we innovate and build: the center Georges Pompidou, opera Bastille, Louvre’s pyramid, Bercy area and the great arch of La Défense.

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