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Set in the theather district of early 19th-century Paris, Children of Paradise re-creates a glittering world of backstage life. Garance, an elusive courtesan, is loved by four men-a talented mime, an ambitious actor, a nihilistic villain, and a snobbish aristocrat. Bursting with passion, jealousy, and deception, Prever's screenplay has been called "the finest work... ever composed for the screen" (The Washington Post). With an overwhelming visual richness, this beguiling romantic epic changes with each viewing. Arletty's garance emerges as the lovelorn mime is legandary. Filmed at peril during the Nazi Occupation, marcel carne's masterpiece belongs among the milestones of cinema.