Fresh
Frank, intimate, touching, with an emotional immediacy that is killing.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
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The Dreamlife of Angels
Overview
Isa and Marie 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, 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 and cast
- Erick Zonca Director
- Élodie Bouchez as Isabelle 'Isa' Tostin
- Natacha Régnier as Marie Thomas
- Grégoire Colin as Chriss
- Patrick Mercado as Charly
- Jo Prestia as Fredo
- Francine Massenhave as La gardienne
- Zivko Niklevski as Le patron Yougoslave
- Murielle Colvez as Le chef d'atelier
- Lyazid Ouelhadj as Le vendeur de billets
- Frédérique Hazard as La mère de Marie
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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93%
Tomatometer
Fresh
There's not a single encounter in The Dreamlife of Angels that isn't vivid and emotionally full.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
Completely absorbing, almost rudely poignant.
Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic
Fresh
As raw and immediate as it is heartfelt.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Fresh
It's so graceful and intelligent and complicated in its depiction of human interaction that it takes the notion of a remarkably assured directorial debut to a new level.
Amy Taubin, Village Voice
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