{1}{72}movie info: DIVX 512x384 23.976fps 627.5 MB {2117}{2208}CHILDREN OF PARADISE {5400}{5538}"The mime Baptiste Deburau|passionately loves {5539}{5635}an actress named Garance. {5637}{5775}Out of timidity,|he misses his chance with her. {5777}{5873}Instead, she becomes the mistress {5875}{5971}of the actor Frédérick Lemaître. {5998}{6107}At the Funambules Theater, {6109}{6257}a rich dandy, the Count de Montray, {6259}{6368}offers her his protection. {6398}{6429}She refuses. {6431}{6492}But when wrongly accused {6494}{6646}of taking part in a robbery attempt|by her friend Lacenaire, {6647}{6734}Garance holds out the count's card {6736}{6803}to the astonished police." {6914}{7030}PART TWO|"THE MAN IN WHITE" {7099}{7195}"Several years have passed..." {7600}{7682}The worst play ever seen|on the Boulevard. {7683}{7721}The absolute worst! {7723}{7774}- Why do it then?|- I have a contract. {7776}{7827}- Why did you sign?|- I need the money. {7829}{7873}You earn a fortune. {7875}{7954}I end up with nothing,|since I spend more than I earn. {8147}{8245}Hurry, Mr Frédérick!|The authors are impatient. {8247}{8288}Alas! {8362}{8418}"{y:i}The Inn of the Adrets|In rehearsal" {8658}{8730}If punctuality|is the courtesy of kings... {8734}{8801}It's not that|of Frédérick Lemaître! {8825}{8873}{y:i}And they call them authors. {8875}{8912}{y:i}My God! {8914}{9018}{y:i}Why do honest folk persist|{y:i}in writing tales of brigands? {9019}{9102}{y:i}Even convicts could write better|{y:i}than that. {9105}{9163}{y:i}At least they have experience. {9164}{9240}A drink, my little kittens!|For pity's sake! {9367}{9412}Thank you, child. {9483}{9551}Not at all convincing. {9560}{9611}Poor Robert Macaire. {9643}{9722}What's going on, my kittens? {9734}{9792}I can't hear you. {9794}{9839}We're sad. {9841}{9933}We both love you,|but we're friends, you see. {9935}{10006}- {y:i}So?|- We don't want to fight. {10008}{10094}Then do as I do. {10096}{10138}Act. {10139}{10188}It's your chosen profession. {10194}{10282}When I act, I'm madly in love. {10284}{10343}You hear? Madly. {10390}{10482}At the final curtain,|the audience leaves with my love. {10491}{10594}Understand?|I make them a gift of my love. {10603}{10666}The audience is gratified,|and so am I. {10671}{10766}Then I become|sensible and free again, {10775}{10820}silent as Baptiste. {10822}{10858}Not that again! {10860}{10929}That's all I hear!|"Have you seen Baptiste?" {10933}{10974}Even Théophile Gautier: {10975}{11075}"Don't miss Baptiste in {y:i}The Ragman!|A masterpiece!" {11089}{11178}"Masterpiece," a pantomime!|Théophile's gone too far. {11222}{11271}Don't touch.|It's a souvenir. {11278}{11317}It pricks. {11319}{11409}"Viper of memory, stab of regret, {11420}{11465}red light of oblivion." {11471}{11554}It's all nonsense, fantasy, air! {11569}{11625}What I like is reality. {11640}{11740}Only two acts, but well made.|Compliments to the authors. {11742}{11790}What vulgarity, really! {11813}{11863}You think it's funny. {11865}{11910}Well, I don't, you hear? {11971}{12015}That's it. We've quarreled. {12047}{12091}Are you angry with me? {12292}{12350}- Excuse me.|- What is it? {12351}{12446}Nothing. Just some people|waiting for you. {12471}{12500}Poor authors! {12502}{12549}Not them. {12551}{12611}They started rehearsals|without us ages ago. {12625}{12662}Admirers, no doubt? {12664}{12742}- That's it..."admirers."|- I'm coming. {12744}{12793}Back in a moment, my sweet. {12795}{12871}Tidy up after you finish|snooping about. {12958}{13021}Poor costume.|As bad as mine. {13023}{13068}The manager wants you! {13070}{13106}I'm coming! {13108}{13138}So, where are our knaves? {13140}{13189}{y:i}Debts are made to be paid. {13191}{13259}- {y:i}The cad!|- {y:i}Box his ears! {13262}{13347}- Jealous husbands, angry creditors!|- As usual. {13349}{13416}Grumblers and malcontents!|A fog of men! {13428}{13508}You go first!|We'll plunge into the fog once more! {13619}{13658}Gentlemen? {13660}{13703}- Inveigler!|- My money! {13705}{13771}- My bills!|- You ham! {13811}{13872}Help! They're striking|Robert Macaire! {13879}{13924}Help, cossacks! {13926}{13981}They're killing Frédérick the Great! {14088}{14163}So I run out of the inn|when I hear the shot. {14165}{14246}You rush over to the body. {14247}{14335}Where the body should be,|as Mr Lemaître isn't here! {14337}{14373}Fine. {14375}{14418}Shall we? {14583}{14637}The hour of justice strikes. {14651}{14703}You won't escape punishment. {14705}{14744}Bang! {14769}{14824}Alas, you have killed him! {14831}{14896}O woe! {14910}{14995}He was a wicked man,|but he was my husband. {15044}{15103}Excuse me!|I got carried away. {15107}{15201}However, I would like|just a bit more... {15225}{15288}- A touch more...|- A touch more feeling! {15290}{15354}{y:i}Yes, that's right!|{y:i}Feeling! {15356}{15443}Feeling, feeling, and more feeling! {15516}{15602}Dare I hope, gentlemen,|you like my costume? {15604}{15661}Not bad. It has something. {15680}{15745}- This must be some kind...|- Of a joke! {15747}{15862}Robert Macaire and his evil sidekick|haven't come from the tailor's, {15863}{15906}but from prison. {15907}{15955}They're bandits, not dandies. {15957}{16027}- But that eye patch!|- It's hideous! {16028}{16095}My eye behind it|is even more hideous! {16119}{16178}Gentlemen, let's not argue again! {16179}{16233}He's here,|so let's rehearse Act II, {16249}{16283}Scene 9. {16299}{16337}On with it! {16347}{16443}I'd rather do the scene|with the gendarmes. It's funnier. {16445}{16521}We are not here|to amuse the gallery! {16523}{16562}Too bad! {16564}{16618}Oh, well, if you insist. {16630}{16685}Come on, Latour, old girl.|Scene 9. {16799}{16845}My son! {16847}{16906}You alone give me|the courage to face {16907}{16975}the wretch who is the cause|of our misfortune! {17073}{17125}Egad, my wife! {17192}{17250}Yes, your wife and victim! {17259}{17319}Woeful Marie! {17327}{17367}She does look glum. {17369}{17430}Spare us your asides! {17432}{17488}On with it. {17518}{17562}I am found out! {17583}{17644}You betrayed me, Marie! {17646}{17687}To save my son. {17689}{17759}To save your son,|you betray his father! {17761}{17803}Alas! {17850}{17906}I shall feign tenderness. {17944}{17983}Marie! {18007}{18057}My poor Marie! {18062}{18145}Robert! My poor Robert! {18155}{18246}Did you really commit|all those crimes? {18248}{18294}What can I say, Marie? {18300}{18341}No one's perfect. {18343}{18398}- Stop!|- That's not in the play! {18402}{18435}So? {18436}{18488}Your play's empty.|It needs some padding. {18490}{18527}Outrageous! {18529}{18606}That's right!|Your poor "inn" is empty. {18619}{18688}Think the audience|will bring their supper? {18692}{18758}They'll bring tomatoes! {18763}{18807}You call this a drama? {18809}{18871}Some drama... and in three acts. {18873}{18928}One each. To be fair. {18934}{19002}Three acts!|I call them actionable! {19004}{19047}Don't play with words. {19049}{19135}What can I play with?|Your ideas? You have none! {19137}{19172}Come now! {19174}{19283}We can't be insulted by someone|who got his start in pantomimes... {19285}{19355}- On his hands!|- Why not? {19357}{19396}You wrote a play with your feet. {19398}{19436}Monsieur! {19439}{19531}You force us to take|drastic measures. {19537}{19639}Monsieur, you signed|a contract and have received... {19641}{19680}And spent. {19682}{19727}...a generous advance. {19729}{19805}Are you prepared to honor|your obligations? {19815}{19876}Are you prepared|to perform our play? {19878}{19943}Why, certainly, gentlemen. {19971}{20033}Provided it plays along|with me. {20301}{20378}Enough! We have a description|of the criminals. {20402}{20474}Don't try to escape!|You're surrounded! {20495}{20605}One of them calls himself Rémond,|but we know his real name. {20618}{20672}It's Robert Macaire! {20677}{20715}And Robert Macaire... {20717}{20754}Is you! {20755}{20818}Prove you're not, if you can. {20829}{20883}He's in a fix.|It's not in the play. {20991}{21050}By the time he thinks of a line, {21059}{21117}I'll have escaped again! {21126}{21185}Come on, Rover, let's be off. {21187}{21275}The play isn't over yet. {21481}{21549}Frédérick, please, come back! {21713}{21802}Stop them!|They'll get away! {21972}{22037}Don't move, you're surrounded! {22039}{22097}Just when I get a chance|to see the play! {22119}{22174}Enough speeches!|You are mine! {22175}{22238}Yours? You naughty boy! {22245}{22285}Come now! {22290}{22383}You've been unmasked.|We know you're Robert Macaire! {22477}{22558}If you're not Macaire,|the escaped convict, {22560}{22634}answer me this: {22636}{22669}Who are you? {22671}{22718}I am Frédérick Lemaître. {22776}{22826}Liar! You're under arrest! {22837}{22878}Not again! {22879}{22918}Shall we kill him? {22919}{22980}Killing gendarmes|never hurt anybody. {23039}{23105}Collapse, you fool!|You're dead! {23287}{23361}Alas, you've killed him! {23367}{23442}O woe! {23487}{23563}He was a wicked man,|but he was my husband. {23579}{23656}Don't worry, little widow,|it was a false alarm! {23691}{23769}Dry your tears.|Your little hubby lives. {23798}{23839}Not for long. {23907}{23964}It had to end like this. {23968}{24012}I'm dying. {24016}{24061}Farewell, Marie. {24063}{24115}Forgive me. {24118}{24166}I wasn't a bad man. {24168}{24225}It was the company I kept. {24227}{24299}I was but the arm that executes, {24300}{24342}the hand that strikes, {24343}{24431}the foot that leaves its mark|in the dust of crime. {24437}{24516}But the true criminals, {24531}{24603}those who plotted|in the shadows... {24625}{24719}I shall point out to DivineJustice. {24730}{24809}The true authors ...
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