Angel-A (2005)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Luc Besson

Writer:

Luc Besson (writer)

Release Date:

21 December 2005 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy | Romance

Plot:

A beautiful woman helps an inept scam artist get his game together.

Plot Keywords:

Life | Seine | Paris | Money | Angel

Cast

Jamel Debbouze	...	André
Rie Rasmussen	...	Angel-A
Gilbert Melki	...	Franck
Serge Riaboukine	...	Pedro
Akim Chir	...	Le chef des malfrats
Eric Balliet	...	Garde du corps Franck
Loïc Pora	...	Le malfrat #2
Venus Boone	...	La mère d'Angela
Jérôme Guesdon	...	Le malfrat #3
Michel Bellot	...	Le planton US
Michel Chesneau	...	Le flic commissariat
Olivier Claverie	...	Le sécrétaire US
Solange Milhaud	...	La femme de Saint-Lazare
Laurent Jumeaucourt	...	Le dragueur
Franck-Olivier Bonnet	...	Le dernier client

Also Known As:

Alerte rouge (France) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some sexual content.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

France

Language:

French | Spanish

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX | DTS-ES

Certification:

Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | Finland:K-11 | Ireland:15A | USA:R | France:U | Germany:12 | Australia:M | Argentina:13 | Brazil:14

Filming Locations:

Montmartre, Paris 18, Paris, France

Company:

Europa Corp.

Movie Connections:

References Pulp Fiction (1994)

...Just about everything a movie can do..and some more,maybe....

This film by Luc Besson, has almost.."everything"!!! The director,makes a story about two people-man and woman-who look so different from each other, just as black and white. She comes from the sky, while he comes from "human's hell", since he's being chased for money he owed, and has nowhere to go. As the movie goes on, the two of them will get closer to each other, just to find out that they were getting closer to...themselves! The film itself is in black and white, so that it allows you to see the contradiction between the two heroes, but in the same time it gives you a sense of mystery-something that it would never happen with a colored film. Though it is a film about love, it shows its real meaning, in a truly artistic way, just as a work of art would speak..In addition, as a film, you can not really categorize it, just as you can not do so for a work of art.It makes you laugh so many times, has moments of pain, moments you feel like crying, some action, in a few words:

It has everything life is made of. The director seems to me as if he knew exactly what he wanted, and made a wonderful movie about anyone who is still human, and therefore is able to love-himself first-another person.