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Who are the artists who have imposed themselves on the Parisian scene since 1874, challenging common taste and the traditional academic art system, greeted with fierce criticism? Let's get to know them together with the true great protagonist of Impressionism: the joyful Paris of the Belle Époque, the Ville Lumiere. 00:00 The protagonists in Manet's studio (painting by Henri Fantin-Latour) 04:31 Zola, Manet, the audience 05:40 Nadar's portraits of the protagonists 09:04 Paris, Impressionism, the boulevards 12:41 Paris of the Belle Époque (the iron and glass stations) 14:14 Paris discovers the night (electric light and the time of pleasure) 16:57 Festive Paris (Bal au moulin de la Galette, by Renoir) 17:50 Degas and the café chantant (art and entertainment) 18:34 The Café Guerbois (11, rue de Batignolles) 21:14 The Café de la Nouvelle Athènes (and Absinthe)