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Children of Paradise
FRANCE · 1945

Children of Paradise

Marcel Carné
black and white love anarchist count pantomime
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Synopsis

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.

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