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Where Angels Dance

1994 · 135 min

A slow, brooding character study that simmers with buried rage and quiet sadness, rewarding patience with a hard-won emotional release.

Directed by: Patrick Coppola
Genres: Drama
Starring: Patrick Coppola, Ayo Haynes, Lauren B. Martin

Tagline: When he loses his will to fight, only his will to survive can make him a champ.
Overview: Alex Blake, an ex-prize fighter, works the night shift and keeps to himself. Things change for him because of two women, a hooker trapped under a sadistic pimp, and a Harvard grad student working on her doctorate who moves into his apartment. Alex is a nice guy, but has a lot of rage inside, which gives him a temper that he has more and more trouble controlling. We slowly learn through the course of the film why he lost his will to fight, and how interactions with the two totally opposite women end up causing him to "fight his fight."

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Directed by: Patrick Coppola
Genres: Drama
Starring: Patrick Coppola, Ayo Haynes, Lauren B. Martin

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: trauma
isolation
redemption
violence
class
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	2
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	3
Tension	5
Darkness	7
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Patrick Coppola
Written by: Patrick Coppola
Starring: Patrick Coppola, Ayo Haynes, Lauren B. Martin, Larry Blamire, John Fiore, Andrew Scudiero, Gary Galone
Runtime: 135 min

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