Angel

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Angel

Released Jun 25, 2021

1h 45m

Romance

Drama

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Angel is the fateful love story between Thierry, a world famous cyclist, who meets Fae, a sex worker, on his holiday in Senegal. Unlike many of the western men on holiday there, Thierry has no intention of exploring the sex-trade. But he and Fae encounter each other with the force of a coup de foudre: these two whose bodies are their work find in each other the redemptive love they seek. But the complications of Thierry's past as a disgraced athlete and Fae's refusal to register with the authorities so as not to define her life, may not allow the dream they enter to be realized. Angel explores this story with intoxicating sensuality taking us into the present and past of these fated characters.

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Dwight Brown

National Newspaper Publishers Association

This moody, gorgeously crafted portrait of two disparate souls who tryst with each other one fateful night, is a hypnotic ode to damaged people looking for a night of consoling.

Rated: 3/4

Sep 18, 2018

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Ella Kemp

Little White Lies

Where a lesser film could unravel in favour of a portrait of extremes, Angel maintains an authenticity which transcends place and status.

Sep 14, 2018

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Gayle MacDonald

Globe and Mail

Flemish director Koen Mortier's latest film... [uses] flashbacks (which are sometimes confusing) to flesh out the two main characters' backstories.

Rated: 2/4

Sep 6, 2018

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

There's a distinctive intensity to this film, both aesthetically and emotionally, that makes it well worthwhile.

Jul 16, 2021

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Alan Ng

Film Threat

Angel evokes just the right amount of emotion to justify a place in our hearts for tragic storytelling.

Rated: 7.5/10

Jun 29, 2021

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Alejandro Turdó

Hoy Sale Cine

There's a constant feeling of tragedy in the air, an ominous sensation that surrounds everything. But in spite of that, Angel is thoughtful tale about two lost souls taking a shot at real happiness, even if it lasts for just one night.

Rated: 8/10

Jun 25, 2021

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talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Koen Mortier

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Vincent Rottiers

Thierry

Paul Bartel

Serge

Fatou N'Diaye

Fae

Matar Diouf

Mamadou

Aicha Cisse

Binta

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Synopsis

Angel is the fateful love story between Thierry, a world famous cyclist, who meets Fae, a sex worker, on his holiday in Senegal. Unlike many of the western men on holiday there, Thierry has no intention of exploring the sex-trade. But he and Fae encounter each other with the force of a coup de foudre: these two whose bodies are their work find in each other the redemptive love they seek. But the complications of Thierry's past as a disgraced athlete and Fae's refusal to register with the authorities so as not to define her life, may not allow the dream they enter to be realized. Angel explores this story with intoxicating sensuality taking us into the present and past of these fated characters.

Director: Koen Mortier
Producer: Eurydice Gysel
Screenwriter: Koen Mortier, Dimitri Verhulst
Distributor: Oration Films
Production Co: Czar Film, Graniet Film BV
Genre: Romance, Drama
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 25, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 27, 2021
Runtime: 1h 45m

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