Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise) - dvd

4x3 / DD2 French with English subtitle option
Voted The best French film ever made by the French Film Academy. The Children Of Paradise (Les Enfants Du Paradis) is a film of such dazzling proportions it has been labelled the French Gone With The Wind.
Set amidst the glittering theatre world of 19th century Paris, the story revolves around the beautiful and free-spirited courtesan, Garance, and the four men who compete for her affections; a mime-artist, an actor, an aristocrat and a criminal. As the melodrama unfolds, we are treated to one of cinema's greatest love stories, a captivating tale of passion, deception and murder.
A masterpiece , magnificent , a national monument , sublime, heavenly , a wonder . Once seen, never forgotten, it's magical appeal grows with each viewing.