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9.《天堂的孩子》Les enfants du paradis
《天堂的孩子们》是20世纪三四十年代法国电影诗意现实主义的颠峰之作。这部豪华影片以19世纪中期的巴黎为背景，几乎涵盖了情节剧所有的娱乐性元素：数以万人的群众场面、罪恶的林荫大道、土耳其浴室和下流酒店的内景、演员富有表现力的面部特写；深藏于心底多年的爱情、多角恋爱、逢场作戏的性爱、通奸、嫉妒、下层社会的友谊、偷窃、打斗、谋杀、哑剧和戏剧表演；哑剧演员、忠实的妻子、善良的妓女、放荡的戏剧演员、杀人犯、无政府主义者，等等。影片杰出地将这些元素融为一体，上下集长达三个小时左右却让人感觉一气呵成。娱乐的元素也无损于它在美学上的追求。雅克•普莱卫的剧本才华横溢，主要演员的演技炉火纯青，马赛尔•卡尔内的导演也无懈可击，影片风格高雅、结构均衡、形式精美，可以说，其完美性没有一部影片能与之相媲美。
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.
