That's the paradox and wonder of Marcel Carné's exquisite "Children of Paradise," set in 19th-century Paris — a Paris of theater people, raconteurs and women of easy virtue — and made in France during the German occupation.
This exquisite children's library provides books in various foreign languages, as well as painting and sculpting workshops, stories and fairytale sessions, singalongs, and other daily activities organised by staff.
The nostalgic store is filled with exquisite, handmade children's gear as beautiful and rugged as the clothes my mother sewed for me as child.
Nearby, Agnew's has an exquisite Madonna and child, an oil painting on copper by Carlo Dolci.
The hue of the walls serves to minimise visual noise, and the exquisite sparseness means children can project their thoughts, hopes and aspirations on to the blank, grey canvas of the brick".
I suspect there's something very basic in it, to do with the exquisite vulnerability of children, the likelihood of life holding disappointment, difficulty and possibly worse for them, and the mother's place in this equation as the deliverer of the child into the world, the responsible party.
Having spent half a lifetime making exquisite fantasies for children, Mr Miyazaki, now 72 and regarded as the reigning genius of Japanese cinema, has returned to tackle the true story of an aeroplane-maker who worked through the second world war.The title is a reference to a line from a Paul Valéry poem, "Le Cimetière marin" ("The Graveyard by the Sea"): "The wind is rising!...We must try to live".
Beneath Child's exquisite, tumbling guitar line and brass arrangement, the drums abruptly shift up a gear, into a rhythm that bears the surprising influence of drum'n'bass: they push the song forward, to an increasingly delirious climax.
The children wear exquisite geometric patterns in stylish shapes and colors.
Next to the exquisite kitchen was a children's play area, with a train table and stacks of board games.
