Angel & Tony
Angel & Tony
Angel is a young woman falling apart. She arrives at the seaside town of Normandy fiercely determined to reconnect with her young son, yet also scared she's unfit to take care of him. Tony is a fisherman who lives with his widowed mother, trapped in emotional solitude. The two meet via a personal ad; Angel is forthright and rough, and her attempts to seduce him are met with surprise: Tony literally can't believe his luck... The two form a fractured relationship, but will the secret that Angel harbours threaten their future?
3.0 out of 5 based on 9 reviews
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Omniscore:
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| Certificate |
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| Genre |
Drama, Romance |
| Director |
Alix Delaporte |
| Cast |
Grégory Gadebois, Evelyne Didi, Antoine Couleau, Patrick Descamps, Lola Dueñas Clotilde Hesme |
| Studio |
Peccadillo Pictures |
| Release Date |
May 2012 |
| Running Time |
87 mins |
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Angel is a young woman falling apart. She arrives at the seaside town of Normandy fiercely determined to reconnect with her young son, yet also scared she's unfit to take care of him. Tony is a fisherman who lives with his widowed mother, trapped in emotional solitude. The two meet via a personal ad; Angel is forthright and rough, and her attempts to seduce him are met with surprise: Tony literally can't believe his luck... The two form a fractured relationship, but will the secret that Angel harbours threaten their future?
Reviews
Total Film
Tom Dawson
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Blending docu-style realism and fairytale romance, writer/director Alix Delaporte’s debut embodies character driven French cinema par excellence.
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30/04/2012
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Empire Magazine
Anna Smith
“There is a danger of ennui: no grand passion, no big twist. But like its hero this film is the strong, silent type, brimming with meaning if you’ve the patience to scratch away at the surface. ”
01/05/2012
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The Financial Times
Leo Robson
“Tony may be the fisherman, but it’s Angel who swears like one. We don’t find out what made her this way (or why she isn’t allowed to see her son). But we don’t need to know what happened in her old life, only to care how things work out in her new one.”
03/05/2012
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The Guardian
Xan Brooks
“At its best, Delaporte's film gives the impression of being uncovered as opposed to constructed, like an eccentric bit of driftwood exposed at low tide.”
03/05/2012
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Time Out
Wally Hammond
“It blends Loachian naturalism with elements of fairytale as it describes a possibly redemptive relationship between a young, twitchy ex-prisoner and a bluff but kind Bayeux fisherman, Tony. Arguably, Delaporte loads the dice in her presentation of a chalk-and-cheese relationship. ”
02/05/2012
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The Times
Kate Muir
“The drama is low-key, but rather moving, and there is a useful fish-identification moment, as well as a sense of a small industry dying by the sea.”
04/05/2012
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The Independent on Sunday
The Independent on Sunday
“Pleasant if utterly unbelievable.
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06/05/2012
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The Observer
Philip French
“Delaporte, a documentarist making her feature debut, breathes life into the scenes where the reluctant antiheroine is instructed in recognising fish and gutting them. The story however carries little conviction.
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06/05/2012
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The Sunday Times
Edward Porter
“Alix Delaporte’s drama can’t disguise its intention to bring this pair together as unlikely but mutually therapeutic lovers, and some of the devices it uses to this end are simplistic. Yet it’s still a likeable piece, thanks largely to Gadebois, a bulky man with a sensitive face.
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06/05/2012
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