Abstract
MENTION BERNARD NATAN to even the most obsessive connoisseur of French cinema, and you're liable to get a blank stare. If recognized at all, the name might call up a vague association with sleaze and scandal. Natan, a new documentary from Ireland by the filmmakers David Cairns and Paul Duane, sketches in the full and fascinating picture--enumerating Natan's achievements, debunking the allegations, and reconstructing a legacy lost to malign neglect.