Les enfants du paradis [videorecording] /
director, Marcel Carné; producer, Adrien Remaugé; writer, Jacques Prévert.
- Second Sight, 2012.
- 2 videodiscs (182 min.) : b&w.
- 030700
Extras to be confirmed, Region 2, 2 disc(s), Interactive menus, Scene access, Ratio (1:1.33 (4:3) Standard), Languages (French), Subtitles (English), 'Making of' documentary, Other documentaries ('Once Upon a Time...Les Enfants Du Paradis', 'The Restoration', 'The Restoration - Before and After'). Made in 1945. Credits: music, Maurice Thiriet; cinematographer, Roger Hubert. DVDR.
Cast: Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur, Marcel Herrand, María Casarès, Louis Salou, Pierre Renoir, Gaston Modot.
Classic French drama following the ill-fated love of a mime artist and a sometime actress in 1840s Paris. When Baptiste (Jean-Louis Barrault) comes to the rescue of Garance (Arletty) when she is falsely accused of shoplifting, it is the beginning of an obsession that will have a profound effect on his life. Unhappily for Baptiste, the beautiful Garance has three equally determined suitors: Fréderick (Pierre Brasseur), an actor, Pierre François (Marcel Herrand), a thief, and the aristocratic Édouard (Louis Salou). The lives of the four men become intertwined as they pursue Garance, with increasingly dangerous consequences for all...