How did the man who "more than any other" paved the way for a French national cinema become completely forgotten, especially so in France? Why was Bernard Natan's name erased from the history of cinema, despite the fact that he dominated the French film industry for most of the 1920s and '30s? With the documentary Natan, David Cairns and Paul Duane have excavated an extraordinary tale that aims to rewrite the history of European cinema.