Children of Paradise 1945 Strolling indolently around the 1830s vibrant Parisian avenue called the Boulevard du Crime, the graceful and elusive courtesan, Garance, finds herself wrongfully accused of pickpocketing But, amid a sea of jugglers, sideshow performers, streetwalkers, and crooks, the silently eloquent mime, Baptiste, comes to her rescue, only to hopelessly fall for her And just like that, loves sweet torture befalls the delicate pantomimist, as the insufferable burden of knowing that the object of his desire can never belong to anyone, will heartlessly haunt him for years to come Many have tried to seize her heart the flamboyant thespian, Frederick Lemaitre the criminal dandy, Pierre Francois Lacenaire, and the imperious but loveless Count, Edouard de Montray however, Garance, after so many barren years, now seems to need only one man In the end, trusting a frail and modest rose is beautiful but cruel Is there anyone who can accept the naked truth of an unrequited love