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Rating: 8.1/10 by 408 users

Children of Paradise (1945)

In a chaotic 19th-century Paris teeming with aristocrats, thieves, psychics, and courtesans, theater mime Baptiste is in love with the mysterious actress Garance. But Garance, in turn, is loved by three other men: pretentious actor Frederick, conniving thief Lacenaire, and Count Edouard of Montray.

Directing:
  • Marcel Carné
  • Pierre Blondy
  • Bruno Tireux
Writing:
  • Jacques Prévert
Stars:
Release Date: Thu, Mar 15, 1945

Rating: 8.1/10 by 408 users

Alternative Title:
Los niños del paraíso - ES
Amanti perduti - IT
De kinderen van het paradijs - BE
Paradisets børn - DK
Paratiisin lapset - FI
Ta paidia tou Paradeisou - GR
Szerelmek városa - HU
Komedianci - PL
Os Rapazes da Geral - PT
Булевард на Престъпленията - BG
Kinder des Olymp - DE
O Boulevard do Crime - BR
천정좌석의 사람들 - KR
인생유전 - KR
천국의 아이들 - KR
Les Enfants du Paradis - FR

Country:
France
Language:
Français
Runtime: 03 hour 10 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $1,457

Plot Keyword: pantomime, anarchist, count, love, thief, murder, mime, false accusations, hoodlum
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Arletty
Claire Reine, dite Garance
Jean-Louis Barrault
Baptiste Debureau
Pierre Brasseur
Frédérick Lemaître
Marcel Herrand
Pierre-François Lacenaire
Louis Salou
Édouard comte de Montray
Jane Marken
Mme Hermine
Gaston Modot
Fil de Soie
Marcel Pérès
Le directeur des Funambules
Etienne Decroux
Anselme Debureau
Louis Florencie
Le gendarme des 'Adrets'
Habib Benglia
L'employé des bains turcs
Rognoni
Le directeur du Grand Théâtre
Paul Frankeur
L'inspecteur de police
Albert Rémy
Scarpia Barrigni
Auguste Bovério
Le premier auteur de "L'auberge des Adrets"
Paul Demange
Le deuxième auteur de "L'auberge des Adrets"
Lucienne Legrand
La première jolie théâtreuse
Maurice Schutz
L'encaisseur agressé par Lacenaire
Joe Alex
Petit rôle (non crédité)
Nicolas Bataille
Extra (non crédité)
Gérard Blain
(non crédité)
Bill Bocket
Petit rôle (non crédité)
Albert Broquin
Petit rôle (non crédité)
Jacques Josselin
Petit rôle (non crédité)
Paul Temps
Petit rôle (non crédité)
Michel Vadet
Petit rôle (non crédité)
Roger Vincent
Petit rôle (non crédité)
Rivers Cadet
Un bourgeois (non crédité)
Jean Carmet
Un spectateur au paradis des Funambules (non crédité)
Jean Diéner
Le troisième auteur de "L'Auberge des Adrets" (non crédité)
Guy Favières
Un encaisseur agressé par Lacenaire (non crédité)
Jean Gold
Le deuxième dandy (non crédité)
Gustave Hamilton
Le concierge du Grand Théâtre (non crédité)
Jean Lanier
Iago - dans la représentation d' "Othello" (non crédité)
Léon Larive
Le concierge des Funambules (non crédité)
Marcel Melrac
Un gendarme (non crédité)
André Numès
L'homme qui se fait voler sa montre (non crédité)
Raphaël Patorni
Un dandy (non crédité)
Pierre Palau
Le régisseur des Funambules
Lucien Walter
Le marchand de billets (non crédité)
Cynette Quero
La deuxième jolie théâtreuse (non créditée)

CinemaSerf

Told in two acts with a curtain rising on both sections, this is quite a stylish, lavish even, and entertaining tale of a lady of the streets. "Garance" (Arletty) who sometimes uses her real name of "Claire Reine" is actually quite a decent woman who is wrongfully accused of pickpocketing in a busy market. Fortunately, the mime artist "Baptiste" comes to her rescue and quickly falls hook, line and sinker for the beautiful and charismatic woman. His problem is that she has no lack of suitors, and over the next three hours or so we are introduced to the lively and foppish "Lemaître" (Pierre Brasseur); the even more flamboyant but roguish "Lacenaire" (Marcel Herrand) and the aloof and sterile, but very wealthy "Comte de Montray" (Louis Salou). The plot itself isn't especially remarkable. A woman in the flushes of youth and attractiveness being sought after by a diverse collection of men. What makes this stand out is the marvellously applied mixture of heavily scored theatrical and cinematic styles. It's a love story and an adventure. How might things pan out for her as she ages, though? As her outward beauty begins to fade? Will any of them (or anyone else) still want her? Will she want them? The characters are quite roundly developed as director Marcel Carné takes his time to illustrate not just the persona of the heroine, but also those of her suitors whilst offering us a critique of a society in general that in early 19th century France mixed opulence with poverty, violence with tenderness. By using the different genres of theatre performances, Carné creatively provides us with a more subtle conduit between her series of trials and tribulations that allows us to tap into themes of culture and religion as well as human nature in many of it's guises. Arletty is on great form, as is Brasseur and given it was made just as the Nazi occupation was coming to it's own denouement, is quite an astonishingly artistic achievement that shows a nation with a healthy and defiant confidence in it's own identity and credentials.


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