The Exterminating Angels

Les anges exterminateurs

France

2006

100 Min

Color

1.37:1

French

Currently 2.7/5 Stars.
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PROD Milena Poylo, Gilles Sacuto

CAST Frédéric van den Driessche, Maroussia Dubreuil, Lise Bellynck, Marie Allan, Sophie Bonnet, Raphaële Godin, François Négret

SOUND Georges Prat

Cannes (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs), Rotterdam (Kings & Aces), San Sebastián (Cutting Edge of French Cinema)

Synopsis

François, a filmmaker, is preparing a thriller. During screen tests for a brief nude scene with an actress, he discovers the pleasure some women can have in the transgression of minor erotic taboos. Driven by the desire to contribute something new to the cinema, he decides to make a film that mixes reality and fiction and centers on something which unexpectedly becomes an enigma and a taboo: the minor transgressions that are a source of pleasure. His research into eroticism raises basic questions. But like Icarus approaching the sun, he only burns his wings. An exploration of sexuality by acclaimed French director Jean-Claude Brisseau.

Director

Jean-Claude Brisseau

Jean-Claude Brisseau (born 17 July 1944) is a French filmmaker best known for his 2002 film Secret Things (“Choses Secrètes”) and his 2006 film The Exterminating Angels (“Les Anges exterminateurs”).

In 2002 he was arrested on charges of harassment, fined and given a suspended one-year prison sentence. The plaintiffs were three women who had performed sex acts in front of him during their auditions. This was to form the basis of the The Exterminating Angels film.

He was formerly a professor at La Femis (Paris). His film Céline was nominated for the Golden Bear Award at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival. At the Cannes Film Festival, he was awarded the France Culture Award in 2003 for Secret Things; in 1988 he was awarded the Special Award for the Youth. —Wikipedia

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john saenz

19Jun12

Such a horrible film

HKFanatic

9Jun12

Is there room to over-think this film? Not to suggest that the script lacks meaning. But let's not mince words: if you have any appreciation for the female form, then you'll likely find that "Exterminating Angels" has some of the most sumptuously lit and tantalizingly choreographed scenes of sapphic love to ever grace an 'arthouse' film. I'm not sure what Brisseau is up to but there's a shameful thrill in viewing it.

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