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Angela

1977 · 91 min

A somber, slow-burning melodrama that dwells on longing and resentment, watching a woman's decades-old wound refuse to close.

Directed by
Boris Sagal
Genres
Drama
Overview
A war vet finds out that a former prostitute had his baby. Doubting it's his, he gives it away, so she reports him. Twenty years later, she still wants to find her son. She meets a young man and falls in love, but the vet's prison term ends.

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Directed by
Boris Sagal
Genres
Drama
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 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
  • parenthood
  • grief
  • obsession
  • betrayal
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour1
Realism7
Romance5
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Boris Sagal
Written by
Charles E. Israel
Starring
Sophia Loren, Steve Railsback, John Vernon, John Huston, Michelle Rossignol, Luce Guilbeault, Jean Lapointe, John Boylan
Music
Henry Mancini
Cinematography
Marc Champion
Runtime
91 min
Country
Canada, United States of America, Italy
Languages
English

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