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9.《天堂的孩子》Les enfants du paradis
《天堂的孩子們》是20世紀三四十年代法國電影詩意現實主義的顛峰之作。這部豪華影片以19世紀中期的巴黎為背景，幾乎涵蓋了情節劇所有的娛樂性元素：數以萬人的群眾場面、罪惡的林蔭大道、土耳其浴室和下流酒店的內景、演員富有表現力的面部特寫；深藏于心底多年的愛情、多角戀愛、逢場作戲的性愛、通奸、嫉妒、下層社會的友誼、偷竊、打斗、謀殺、啞劇和戲劇表演；啞劇演員、忠實的妻子、善良的妓女、放蕩的戲劇演員、殺人犯、無政府主義者，等等。影片杰出地將這些元素融為一體，上下集長達三個小時左右卻讓人感覺一氣呵成。娛樂的元素也無損于它在美學上的追求。雅克•普萊衛的劇本才華橫溢，主要演員的演技爐火純青，馬賽爾•卡爾內的導演也無懈可擊，影片風格高雅、結構均衡、形式精美，可以說，其完美性沒有一部影片能與之相媲美。
Les Enfants du Paradis, released as Children of Paradise in North America, is a 1945 French film by French director Marcel Carné, made during the German occupation of France during World War II. Set among the Parisian theatre scene of the 1820s and 30s, it tells the story of a beautiful courtesan, Garance, and the four men who love her in their own ways: a mime artist, an actor, a criminal and an aristocrat. A three-hour film divided into two halves, it was described in the original American trailer as the French answer to Gone with the Wind. The film was voted "Best French Film Ever" in a poll of 600 French critics and professionals in 1995.
