Les Grandes Familles(1989)

Les Grandes Familles is a French series that dissects the country's ruling elite during the interwar period with unflinching precision. Moving across literature, medicine, journalism, theater, and politics, the show exposes the ruthless ambitions and moral compromises that defined France's most powerful families. Sharp-edged and unsparing in its character portraits, it reveals how wealth and influence shaped every institution of the era. The series captures a world of fierce rivalries, hidden scandals, and the brutal competition for status among those who controlled the nation's cultural and political life. A penetrating look at privilege and power in twentieth-century France.