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The Dreamlife of Angels (1999)
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Reviews Counted:42
Fresh:39
Rotten:3
Average Rating:7.6/10
Consensus: Showcasing excellent lead performances, The Dreamlife of Angels is an intelligent, absorbing character study of two women.
Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: A powerful drama about two very different women who meet and befriend. Isa is an optimistic wanderer; Marie, a rebellious pessimist. Gradually, a close friendship forms and the two become... A powerful drama about two very different women who meet and befriend. Isa is an optimistic wanderer; Marie, a rebellious pessimist. Gradually, a close friendship forms and the two become roommates, but when Marie falls into a passionate affair with a cocky young man, the friendship deteriorates... with tragic results. An acting tour-de-force by Bouchez and Regnier. [More]
Starring: Elodie Bouchez, Natacha Regnier, Gregoire Colin
Starring: Elodie Bouchez, Natacha Regnier, Gregoire Colin
Director: Erick Zonca
Director: Erick Zonca
Screenwriter: Erick Zonca, Roger Bohbot
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Reviews for The Dreamlife of Angels
Two unforgettable characters are revealed, and the truth resonates powerfully through their stories.
Allows the viewer to not only see, but experience the pain of these characters.
Zonca's lyrical cinema verite style magnifies the small tensions and flare-ups that can blow apart a friendship in the blink of an eye.
The dreamlife of Angels (La Vie rêvée des anges) is a story of capitalistic and sexual exploitation, rage, rebellion, and the search for meaning in everyday things.
Frank, intimate, touching, with an emotional immediacy that is killing.
This slow-moving film would have been a sleeper-literally -- were it not for leads Bouchez and Régnier.
It's so graceful and intelligent and complicated in its depiction of human interaction that it takes the notion of a remarkably assured directorial debut to a new level.
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