“The Paris slums are a gathering place for eccentric people—people who have fallen into solitary, half-mad grooves of life and given up trying to be normal or decent.” He examines the ...

"There was a boy. A very strange and enchanted boy," croons an ethereal little voice swooping over a Paris-slum roofscape circa 1899. It's talking about Ewan McGregor, of course, who is strange ...