"Actor: Sandrine Voillet"

• Paris | DVD | (09/07/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Parisian art historian Sandrine Voillet reveals the tempestuous history immortal beauty and Bohemian soul of the city she adores. Guiding viewers through more than 400 years of Paris' history she celebrates the art literature music films and design that have combined to create the spectacular ""City of Lights"". This is the tale of the lavish court of the Sun King Louis XIV and the sexual decadence of revolutionary Paris; the crazy years of the early 1900s played out in the Moulin Rouge and Folies Bergre; the jazz explosion of the Thirties; and the Sixties heyday of hedonism expressed through film noir music and literature. Sandrine also discovers the cast of extraordinary characters who were inspired by the city including Catherine de Medici Voltaire the Marquis de Sade Victor Hugo Pablo Picasso Ernest Hemingway Coco Chanel and Miles Davis.