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 b...( read more
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DVD Release Date: January 22, 2002
Stats: 428 reviews
a miracle film made under nazi occupation. a tragic romantic epic of all the mad denizens of the boulevard du crime. wonderful
1945 French satire, if you like Moulin Rouge, or La Haine check this one out.
A french masterpiece. Under the circumstances it is amazing such a film was even made. The luxurious set pieces and the beautiful costume design bring this film to life. Humour, tears, and dramatics are all added. Like all the great French stories it tells us of love and loss.
Marcel Carne's Children of Paradise is uncommonly long (almost three hours) but an exceptional film. It is richly entertaining and intensely romantic evocation of an epoch.
The tale unfolds against a meticulously reconstructed setting of mid-19th century Paris. It tells of th...( read more)
It's long, it's in black and white and it's in French... and ONE of the best films ever crafted. How can you not melt for Arletty?
About an hour too long, and the melodrama makes me cringe, but it's perfect in every other respect, and surprisingly funny and modern. The second half is much better than the first.
Words could not express the *perfect* magnificence of this film.
When considering classic love-stories, Children of Paradise fits every adjective to describe beauty, tragedy, longing, LOVE -- I blush even trying to review it.
This is otherworldly. This is celluloid gold - one...( read more)
I enjoyed the intro on this DVD by Terry Gilliam. This classic film from France has a silvery dream-like look and feel to it. Though considered a masterpiece, I'm afraid some of this was lost on me, but over-all I found it a classic story of love and loss.
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