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LES ENFANTS DU PARADIS

by Marcel Carné

synopsis

Strolling indolently around the 1830s vibrant Parisian avenue called the Boulevard du Crime, the graceful and elusive courtesan, Garance, finds herself wrongfully accused of pickpocketing. But, amid a sea of jugglers, sideshow performers, streetwalkers, and crooks, the silently eloquent mime, Baptiste, comes to her rescue, only to hopelessly fall for her. And just like that, love's sweet torture befalls the delicate pantomimist, as the insufferable burden of knowing that the object of his desire can never belong to anyone, will heartlessly haunt him for years to come. Many have tried to seize her heart--the flamboyant thespian, Frédérick Lemaître; the criminal dandy, Pierre-François Lacenaire, and the imperious but loveless Count, Édouard de Montray--however, Garance, after so many barren years, now seems to need only one man. In the end, trusting a frail and modest rose is beautiful but cruel. Is there anyone who can accept the naked truth of an unrequited love?

international title: Children of Paradise
original title: Les enfants du paradis
country: France
year: 1945
genre: fiction
directed by: Marcel Carné
film run: 189'
release date: FR 09/03/1945, IT 23/09/1945, BE 15/03/1946, UK 15/08/1946, SE 19/11/1946, HU 27/02/1947, DE 28/02/1947, NL 28/03/1947, DK 04/02/1948, AT 02/01/1949, FI 15/04/1949, PL 02/05/1956, ES 09/11/1986, GR 02/10/2005
screenplay: Jacques Prévert
cast: Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur
cinematography by: Roger Hubert
film editing: Henri Rust
art director: Léon Barsacq, Raymond Gabutti, Alexandre Trauner
costumes designer: Antoine "Mayo" Malliarakis
producer: Raymond Borderie, Adrien Remaugé

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