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Whether one has to entirely recreate a Paris street scene, as in the crazy years of poetic realism and the decors of Alexandre Trauner for Hôtel du Nord and Le jour se lève, and later for The Children of Paradise and Les portes de la nuit, or equip a real street as in Adieu monsieur Hoffman in 2020, setting up a decor demands a minimum of several days’ if not several weeks’ work by a large crew with a variety of skills.