![]() The gentleman, whom we later learn to be the Vicompte Raoul de Chagny (Patrick Wilson) buys a wind-up cymbal-monkey as the lady, Madame Giry (Miranda Richardson) casts knowing looks in his direction. ![]() But first, inside the shabby auditorium, a pair of melancholy old-timers must exchange meaningful glances as an auctioneer liquidates what’s left of the opera’s grand past. ![]() Soon it will be 1870 and we’ll get the whole story. You can tell from the grainy black-and-white footage, the smoke wisping around the Opera Populaire (which looks suspiciously like the Paris Opera House) and the scraps of paper fluttering in the wind - all sure signs of desolation and imminent flashback. It’s Paris, 1919, and the city has seen better days.
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