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When you think about it, this film really is grand. Tons of characters, hundreds of extras, multiple sets, extravagant costumes, etc. People used to call this France’s answer to “Gone with the Wind”, and for good reason, it is a spectacle. However, it really is incredibly intimate, and it’s themes on love feel very personal.
Sep 18, 2012 · Every moment of Children in Paradise is thus, just by existing, a rejection of hate and dictatorial control, and an assertion of humanity and creativity. The film's story itself is quite simple, about a courtesan and the four men who love and compete for her, set against a backdrop of the day's popular theater, in 1830s Paris.
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The Look of Children of Paradise (HD, 22 min) - Presented in 1080p, this is a video essay by film writer Paul Ryan about the film's production design. Details on the movie's sets and costumes are provided along with stills of concept art. Ryan also offers a solid biography of the movie's celebrated production designer Alexandre Trauner.
The Celebrated French Film." NR. 1945. 3 hr 10 min. 8.3 (20,974) 96. Children of Paradise is a French film that is generally regarded as one of the greatest French films of all time. The movie was released in 1945, and it was directed by Marcel Carné. It features a star-studded cast, including Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, and Pierre Brasseur.
Children of Paradise is a film directed by Marcel Carné with Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur, Pierre Renoir, Arletty .... Year: 1945. Original title: Les Enfants du paradis. Synopsis: It follows a mysterious woman (Arletty) loved by four different men (all based on historical figures): an actor, a criminal, a count, and, most poignantly ...
Feb 26, 2002 · Review: Children of Paradise. Marcel Carné’s France, unlike the fiddle-dee-dee of Victor Fleming’s cotton pickin’ South, is a poetic realist’s wonderland. Marcel Carné’s Children of Paradise has often been called “the French Gone with the Wind .”. Throughout this woozy 1945 masterwork, Carné and screenwriter Jacques Prévert ...
Children of Paradise is a film directed by Marcel Carné with Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur, Pierre Renoir, Arletty .... Year: 1945. Original title: Les Enfants du paradis.
