La Baie des Anges (Bay of Angels) (2001)
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Movie Info
Cast
as Jackie Demaistre

as Jean Fournier

as Caron

as Jean's Father
Critic Reviews for La Baie des Anges (Bay of Angels)
All Critics (14) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (12) | Rotten (2) | DVD (1)
This is a magical, whirling little film, a triumph of style, even though it runs down to nothing in the last, too quick, too ambiguous shot.
Playing Jackie ... Moreau is one of the most watchable of screen goddesses.

[Moreau's] Jackie Demaistre is a mesmerizing, compulsively watchable performance, one of the few films roles you literally hold your breath watching.
An early chapter of Demy's courtship with the provincial France of his youth, with the most bewitching generation of French actresses, and with movies.
Alternately lighthearted and melancholy, it's a striking look at obsessional behavior.
I think it's not just Demy's masterpiece, but one of the great French films of the sixties, which is pretty high praise.
Audience Reviews for La Baie des Anges (Bay of Angels)
I think I have tapped most of the films from the French New Wave so far but this one remained outstanding for a bit. It was worth the wait. If the Long Weekend was the ultimate saga of an alcohol, here we have a tribute to gambling and how some can get sucked into literally gambling away a comfortable existence.
Super Reviewer
This early Jacques Demy film is beautifully shot and acted with exotic locations, elegant cars and a stirring Michel Legrand score. Unfortunately, the plot soon melts down into just a standard, cautionary tale about gambling. The arc is always the same. There's the initial, euphoric burst of beginner's luck. Then the subsequent frustration and squandering of funds, and an eventual descent into desperate times. Sound familiar? Jean (Claude Mann) is a novice gambler who gets hooked on casinos and meets a nihilistic divorcee (Jeanne Moreau, with platinum blonde hair) on the way. The pair become addicted to roulette, the most frivolous of games, and make lavish bets based on silly whims with scarcely a trace of strategy. Their behavior breeds exasperation rather than sympathy. Even the flashes of success they have don't seem plausible. Try "California Split" instead.
Super Reviewer
Jeane Moreau is mesmerizing in this role.
Super Reviewer
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