Children of Paradise

About Children of Paradise

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.

Children of Paradise is a 1945 romance film directed by Marcel Carné. Arletty stars as Claire Reine, dite Garance, Jean-Louis Barrault as Baptiste Debureau, Pierre Brasseur as Frédérick Lemaître, and Marcel Herrand as Pierre-François Lacenaire.

Released in March 1945, it runs 190 minutes. Written by Jacques Prévert.

Shelv files it under thief, hoodlum, false accusations, and anarchist. In the United States it streams on IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel. It scores 8.0 out of 10 from 474 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.

The Night of the Hunter, In the Heat of the Night, and Intacto make useful companions to Children of Paradise, all filed under black and white, count, and murder.