Marie from the Bay of Angels

Marie from the Bay of Angels (French: Marie Baie des Anges), also known as Angel Sharks, is a 1997 French movie, written and directed by Manuel Pradal.[1][2]

Marie from the Bay of Angels
Directed byManuel Pradal
Screenplay byManuel Pradal
Produced byPhilippe Rousselet[1]
Starring
Edited byValérie Deseine
Production
companies
La Sept Cinéma
Lelia Films
Les Films de la Suane
Les Films des Tournelles
Studio Images 2
Release date
1997
Running time
90 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Cast edit

Music edit

The film's score was composed by Carlo Crivelli. Its soundtrack included songs by J J Cale, Beth Hirsch's "I Could Love You Too", and "Oba, La Vem Ela" by Jorge Ben.[3]

Reception edit

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 1 out of 4. Ebert was critical of the leading lady "Giocante has been billed as "the new Bardot," and she's off to a good start: Bardot didn't make many good films, either." Ebert was unimpressed by the "recycling exhausted cliches" and found the non-sequential storytelling exhausting, but gave some praise for the scenery, compositions, and "pretty pictures". He concludes "Giocante and Malgras are superficially attractive, although because their characters are empty vessels there's no reason to like them much, or care about them. The movie is cast as a tragedy, and it's tragic, all right: tragic that these kids never developed intelligence and personalities."[4]

Accolades edit

The film was in competition for the Tiger Award at the 1998 International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Marie Baie des Anges". International Film Festival Rotterdam. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
  2. ^ SPIN Media LLC (August 1998). SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. pp. 58–. ISSN 0886-3032.
  3. ^ "Marie Baie des Anges (1997) - Music". TCM. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  4. ^ Ebert, Roger (September 4, 1998). "Marie Baie des Anges movie review (1998)". Chicago Sun-Times.

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