L'Ange noir
Appearance
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Directed by | Jean-Claude Brisseau |
Written by | Jean-Claude Brisseau |
Produced by | Jean-Claude Brisseau |
Starring | Sylvie Vartan Michel Piccoli Tchéky Karyo |
Cinematography | Romain Winding |
Edited by | María Luisa García |
Music by | Jean Musy |
Distributed by | UGC |
Release date | 1994 |
Running time | 95 min |
Country | France |
Language | French |
L'ange Noir (English: The Black Angel) is a French drama film directed and written by Jean-Claude Brisseau.
Plot
A woman Stephane, kills a man, the legendary gangster Wadek, and falsely accuses him of trying to attack her, with the help of her maid.
Her magistrate husband arranges for a top lawyer, Paul, to defend her. Paul starts looking into her past and discovers Stephane was once a prostitute who appeared in pornographic films and had an affair with Wadek. Paul falls in love with Stephane.
Cast
- Sylvie Vartan : Stephane Feuvrier
- Michel Piccoli : Georges Feuvrier
- Tchéky Karyo : Paul Delorme
- Alexandra Winisky : Cecile
- María Luisa García : Madeleine
- Philippe Torreton : Christophe
- Bernard Verley : Pitot
- Claude Faraldo : Aslanian
- Claude Giraud : Romain Bousquet
- Claude Winter : Madame Pitot
Production
The film was heavily influenced by other movies, including The Paradine Case (1948), Vertigo (1958) and The Letter (1940).[1]
Reception
The film was poorly received critically and commercially.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Anti-Social Realism: Jean-Claude Brisseau" By Frédéric Bonnaud, Film Comment accessed 19 December 2014
External links
- L'Ange noir at IMDb