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French artists of the ancien régime were rarely given to intimate, everyday studies – which is why Chardin's boys at leisure are so enticingly mysterious

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The French Revolution has been portrayed many times before on screen but never in quite oblique a way as in Benoit Jacquot’s film.

Rows and rows of furry toys are laid out on the hall floor, like the aftermath of some grand Edwardian shooting party. Now that she has her own bedroom, Clara has decided it is time to put away childish things. Stalking up and down the lines, she reviews cuddly mice, bears, kangaroos and pandas with an implacable eye. The most highly favoured are set aside, while the rest are shovelled unceremoniously into black plastic bags for the charity shop.