One of the very few films that plunges you into a world of characters with the same feeling of richness that you experience from a 19th century novel. The beautiful courtesan Garance (Arletty) is loved by the mime Baptiste (Jean-Louis Barrault) and the brilliant actor Frederic (Pierre Brasseur), but she finds herself compromised by her association with the nihilistic criminal Lacenaire (Marcel Herrand), and giving herself to a wealthy nobleman whom she doesn't love is the only way out of her predicament. That's just the outline of the plot! The film is in two parts with an intermission; it beautifully evokes the bright world of Paris in the last century, and the acting is superb and touching and funny. But most of all, Children of Paradise is about the theater, those who act in it and write for it, and especially those who go to it, but can only afford to sit in the cheap seats, way up in the balcony.
DVD9 + DVD5 | NTSC 4:3 | 01:41:47 + 01:29:20 | 6.58 Gb + 4.36 Gb
Language: Francais, Russian
Subtitles: English
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director: Marcel Carne
Actors: Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur, Pierre Renoir, Maria Casares, Gaston Modot, Palau, Etienne Decroux, Jane Marken, Marcelle Monthil, Marcel Herrand
Country: France
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