Children Of Paradise (1945) -

A bustling avenue filled with street performers, pickpockets, and cutthroats.

The legendary 1945 French film Children of Paradise ( Les Enfants du Paradis ) is a masterpiece directed by Marcel Carné and written by poet Jacques Prévert . Voted the "Best French Film Ever Made" by a consensus of French critics, it is an epic tale of art, freedom, and unrequited love. The Setting Children of Paradise (1945)

1830s Paris, centered around the Funambules theater. Children of Paradise (1945)

Refers to the theater's highest, cheapest balcony where the everyday working-class people sat to cheer and boo the plays. Children of Paradise (1945)