If you loved Le quai des brumes, try Les Enfants du Paradis
Un pont entre un film que tu as déjà vu et un que peu de gens ont croisé. Voici ce qu'ils partagent, et ce que le second fait que le premier ne fait pas.
Ce qu'ils partagent
Both films are directed by Marcel Carné, and they both carry the foreign gem, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to Le quai des brumes, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Les Enfants du Paradis is
Carné goes full French epic. Four men fall for the unattainable Garance amid the Parisian theatre scene of the 1840s. It all goes as well as can be expected, given the era and the forces at play.
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