This slow-moving film would have been a sleeper-literally -- were it not for leads Bouchez and Régnier.
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
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.
Sad and thought provoking, and the performances of its leads make it well worth watching.
There is an inspiring freshness to the film, even with the real-life pain and angst the characters endure.
Heralds a humanist cinema that neither shortchanges our minds nor cheapens what's in our hearts.
The two gifted young women [Bouchez and Regnier] are the best thing about this quirky drama of friendship and survival.
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.
At once an intriguing mix of naivete and world-weariness, Bouchez and Regnier make us care about two young women.
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