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Children of Paradise
(1945)
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Cast
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Caire Reine, dite Garance
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Jean-Baptiste Debureau
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Pierre Brasseur | ... | |
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Pierre Renoir | ... |
Jéricho
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María Casares | ... |
Nathalie
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Gaston Modot | ... |
Fil de Soie
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Fabien Loris | ... |
Avril
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Marcel Pérès | ... |
Le directeur des Funambules
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Palau | ... |
Le régisseur des Funambules
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Etienne Decroux | ... |
Anselme Debureau
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Jane Marken | ... |
Mme Hermine
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Marcelle Monthil | ... |
Marie
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Louis Florencie | ... |
Le gendarme des 'Adrets'
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Habib Benglia | ... |
L'employé des bains turcs
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Rognoni | ... |
Le directeur du Grand Théâtre
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This tragic tale centers around the ill-fated love between Baptiste, a theater mime, and Claire Reine, an actress and otherwise woman-about-town who calls herself Garance. Garance, in turn, is loved by three other men: Frederick, a pretentious actor; Lacenaire, a conniving thief; and Count Eduard of Monteray. The story is further complicated by Nathalie, an actress who is in love with Baptiste. Garance and Baptiste meet when Garance is falsely accused of stealing a man's watch. Garance is forced to enter the protection of Count Eduard when she is innocently implicated in a crime committed by Lacenaire. In the intervening years of separation, both Garance and Baptiste become involved in loveless relationships with the Count and Nathalie, respectively. Baptiste is the father of a son. Returning to Paris, Garance finds that Baptiste has become a famous mime actor. Nathalie sends her child to foil their meeting, but Baptiste and Garance manage one night together. Lacenaire murders Edouard... Written by kevin kraynak <kevin@kraynakk.com>
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Country:
FranceLanguage:
FrenchRelease Date:
15 November 1946 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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The name of the theatre, Funambules, translates to Tightrope in English. See more »Goofs
The positions of Avril and Lacenaire in the Turkish baths changes between the shot of their entry and the closer shot. See more »Quotes
Pierre-François Lacenaire: The mere thought of them killing each other, over a woman, because of me, comforts me.See more »
One day in 1966 I was walking along 8th Street in the Village. The Village was where I went when I had no where else to go, when I belonged no where, where I thought I could discover myself. It didn't hurt that there were people to stare at, without being too obvious about it.
It was a gray day and it started to rain. I stopped under the first protection I found, a movie marque - neither handsome nor attractive.
The photos promoting the film were behind glass at odd angles, held by tacks. I just wasn't in the mood. It wasn't what I was looking for. But the rain got worse, and I needed warmth. So I bought my ticket to join the twenty or so people who comprised the full audience.
From its first moment, the film pulled me in. After a frenetic start, it quieted to Jean-Louis Barrault sitting alone on a barrel. I'd seen Marceau before, but not until now had I seen the quiet poetry of true mime.
Barrault's character, Baptiste, had silently observed the theft of a watch. Baptiste pantomimed the theft but staged his pantomime as if people's perceptions were a mistake, as if the theft never took place. In the doing, he made everyone laugh. He did this for the love of Garance, played by Arletty, whom he had seen for the first time.
There follows in the film first love - unrequited, poetic, soulful. We see villainy, melodrama, danger, heroism, satire, plays within plays - a host of stories all integral to the whole of the play. And we believe completely.
It is the most complete film ever made. It changed my life.