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The Dreamlife of Angels

1998 · 113 min

A quiet, observational drift through working-class lives that slowly tightens into heartbreak, carried by raw naturalistic performances and a lingering ache.

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.
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 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
  • friendship
  • class
  • isolation
  • love
  • survival
Places
  • small town
  • workplace
  • hospital
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism9
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Erick Zonca
Written by
Pierre Chosson, Erick Zonca, Roger Bohbot
Starring
Élodie Bouchez, Natacha Régnier, Grégoire Colin, Patrick Mercado, Jo Prestia, Francine Massenhave, Zivko Niklevski, Murielle Colvez
Music
Yann Tiersen
Cinematography
Agnès Godard, Dominique Le Rigoleur
Runtime
113 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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