Documentary focusing on artists living in Paris at the beginning of the 20th century, which saw the blossoming of fauvism, cubism, Dadaism and surrealism.
A look at how Picasso responded to Matisse with Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, a painting that caused a scandal and ushered in the aesthetic of cubism.
A look at the origins of expressionism and surrealism, and how the reputations of Apollinaire, Soutine and Modigliani grew in the Parisian art world.
A look at how artists responded to the Spanish Civil War, with Malraux and Hemingway covering the Republicans' struggle as journalists, while Picasso created his classic Guernica.
Paris emerges from the Second War to find that an astonishing work has been created from within its war-torn midst - Marcel Carné's film Les Enfants du Paradis.