Children of paradise (1945)

I don't know what to do with Marcel Carnés Children of Paradise. It's a bucolic & tragic film about unrequited love within a group of circus artists and dropouts. But I just didn't see the point in this. I didn't find it particularly aesthetically appealing, nor did was I moved by its content. What was slightly intriguing about Children of Paradise is that it does not conform with stereotypical gender norms. Passion remains fatal, fatal, fatal and, oh, how life plays out.