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      The Dreamlife of Angels

      R Released Aug 30, 1998 1 hr. 53 min. Drama List
      93% 43 Reviews Tomatometer 84% 2,500+ Ratings Audience Score Isa (Élodie Bouchez) and Marie (Natacha Régnier) bond while working in a French sweatshop and soon begin sharing an apartment that Marie is watching for a hospitalized mother and daughter. Marie, hoping to avoid a life of struggle and poverty, takes up with Chriss (Grégoire Colin), a nightclub owner whose most attractive asset is his money. Isa recognizes the ultimate futility of the relationship and tries to keep Marie away from him, but her interference puts their friendship at risk. Read More Read Less
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      Showcasing excellent lead performances, The Dreamlife of Angels is an intelligent, absorbing character study of two women.

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      Johnny H Cinema simply does not get any better than this!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/09/23 Full Review Audience Member It is a beautiful film, that discovers new, not yet conquered ground of material, but puts on many depressive stories that lead to more depressive stories, what makes the movie really a downer and I dont know when I would want a movie, that makes me feel worse than before. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review scott m Good story about two single women and how the choices the two make effect their lives. One makes poor choices and the other good choices. Some may say the poor choices are desperate. Yep. Good movie. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member annoyingly boring. Bouchez's role as an androgynous infantile vagabond is just flippant. Her whispy voice, laissez-faire comportement, and ragged costumes suggests she's actually one of the lost boys of wonderland. Nothing really happens in this lazy 2h disillusionment. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member This little indy French film is very well written, srtongly acted by two ladies who have since shown how amazing actresses they are & produced with great honesty, never trying to fool anyone or being something it isn't. This is a simple story of two struggling young ladies who survive from odd jobs to plan B, but everything changes when one of them falls in love with a manipulative young man and slowly dive into madness, reckless behavior & anger. Two angels, one choosing the light of hope the other the darkness of an impossible love. A beautiful piece of cinema like only the French know how to do! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member A charming set of gals from two much different backgrounds become friends and collide their lives with a number of trying life situations. Very watchable. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Globe and Mail Rated: 4/4 Mar 22, 2002 Full Review Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times Frank, intimate, touching, with an emotional immediacy that is killing. Feb 14, 2001 Full Review Elizabeth Weitzman Film.com [Bouchez and Regnier have] fleshed out portraits of a depth rarely seen on screen. Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Jas Keimig The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Both Isa and Marie have bad haircuts, dressed in well-worn clothing that probably just barely keeps them warm. There's beauty in those touches of reality, too... Dec 9, 2021 Full Review Jim Lane Sacramento News & Review Rated: 3/5 Aug 7, 2008 Full Review Jeffrey Overstreet Looking Closer Two unforgettable characters are revealed, and the truth resonates powerfully through their stories. Rated: A Jan 15, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Isa (Élodie Bouchez) and Marie (Natacha Régnier) bond while working in a French sweatshop and soon begin sharing an apartment that Marie is watching for a hospitalized mother and daughter. Marie, hoping to avoid a life of struggle and poverty, takes up with Chriss (Grégoire Colin), a nightclub owner whose most attractive asset is his money. Isa recognizes the ultimate futility of the relationship and tries to keep Marie away from him, but her interference puts their friendship at risk.
      Director
      Erick Zonca
      Screenwriter
      Erick Zonca, Roger Bohbot, Virginie Wagon, Pierre Chosson
      Distributor
      Sony Pictures Classics, Columbia TriStar Home Video
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      French (Canada)
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Aug 30, 1998, Original
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $1.7M
      Sound Mix
      Dolby SR