In a chaotic 19th-century Paris teeming with aristocrats, thieves, psychics, and courtesans, theater mime Baptiste is in love with the mysterious actress Garance. But Garance, in turn, is loved by three other men: pretentious actor Frederick, conniving thief Lacenaire, and Count Edouard of Montray.
The film is a sprawling, nearly three-hour theatrical panorama in which stage and life flow into each other. It is wistful and playful at once, with plenty of mime, crowded streets and dialogue that plays like verse. The love story stays suspended and unfulfilled, and that is what carries the film.
Good for you if you like a slow, poetic black and white film about love, theater and unfulfilled longing.
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