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Angel
- Runtime:
- 137 min.
- Year of Production:
- 2007
- Country:
- Großbritannien / Belgien / Frankreich
- Director:
- Cast:
- Romola Garai
Sam Neill
Charlotte Rampling
Lucy Russell
Michael Fassbender
Jacqueline Tong
Janine Duvitski
Christopher Benjamin
Jemma Powell
Simon Woods
Alison Pargeter
Seymour Matthews
Tom Georgeson
Una Stubbs
Rosanna Lavelle
Geoffrey Streatfield
Roger Morlidge
Teresa Churcher - Production Company:
- Fidélité Films
- Berlinale Section:
- Competition
- Berlinale Category:
- Feature Film
"I've loved you ever since we first met, and I will love you till the day I die." England in the year 1905. Angel Deverell is an extremely talented young writer from a working-class background. Her escapist, romantic novels are hugely popular. Before long all the dreams of a young woman of her age are fulfilled. But is it possible to have success, fame and love all at the same time? Her radiant rise is followed, inexorably, by her decline ...
François Ozon 's film is based on a novel published in 1957 by British writer Elizabeth Taylor (1912-1975). Ozone encountered " Angel " about five years ago: "I sensed immediately that a screen adaptation of the book would provide me with an opportunity to deal with an entire romantic universe; it would also give me a pretext to create a broadly sweeping epic in the style of melodramas of the 30s and 40s, revolving around the rise and fall of a flamboyant personality. And then I fell in love with the character of Angel, who I found amusing, fascinating and finally, deeply touching. In the book, the protagonist often appears grotesque;Elizabeth Taylor's treatment of Angel - her writing and her behavior - is very ironic. I didn't think it possible to follow a figure in such a negative light for two hours; it is important to be charmed by her as well. Scarlett O'Hara immediately jump to mind, a figure who, as the English say, you love and hate at the same time.
BIOGRAFIE François Ozon
Born in Paris, France in 1967, this director and screenwriter studied at La Fémis film school and is now one of the most renowned filmmakers in his country. His work has already screened in the Berlinale Competition four times, with the ensemble cast of one of his most successful films, the comedy 8 femmes , winning the Silver Bear in 2002. In 2012 he was a member of the International Jury. He has made four films with Charlotte Rampling who this year is being presented with the Honorary Golden Bear for her lifetime achievement; Sous le Sable and Swimming Pool are both screening in the Homage .
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FILMOGRAFIE François Ozon (selection)
2021 Peter von Kant
2017 Der andere Liebhaber
2013 Young and Beautiful
2009 Ricky
2009 Rückkehr ans Meer
2007 Angel
2007 Schau mir in die Augen, Kleiner
2005 Die Zeit die bleibt
2003 Swimming Pool
2002 8 Frauen
2000 Unter dem Sand
1999 Ein kriminelles Paar
1999 Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brulantes