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Once Upon an Angel
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Wikipedia article
'Once Upon an Angel' (French:'Peau d'Ange', ) is a 2002 French romantic drama film directed by Vincent Perez, starring Morgane Mor and Guillaume Depardieu.
Plot
Grgoire reluctantly returns to the countryside in order to oversee his mother's funeral. Being back in the small town where he was raised upsets him, as he is not ready yet to accept the fact his mother died. While looking for some comfort and solace, he meets a maid named Angle. He manages to impress her by making up he was an important manager, although he only has a minor position in a cosmetics company. After they have spent the night in a hotel, he just leaves her but she cannot forget him, in particular because he was her first lover at all. Subsequently, she follows him and even manages to get hired as the maid of one of his colleagues. However, she then has to realise that Grgoire is about to become the son-in-law of his boss. Angle observes how he is going to marry another woman for other reasons than love.
Cast
* as Angle
* Guillaume Depardieu as Grgoire
* Dominique Blanc as Sister Augustine
* as Laure
* as Josiane
* Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi as Angle's solicitor
* Olivier Gourmet as Faivre
* Marine Delterme as Faivre's wife
* Michel Vuillermoz as Grgoire's uncle
* as Amira
* Hlne de Saint-Pre as Ms Artaud
* Laurent Terzieff as Mr Grenier
* as Jocelyne
* Andr Marcon as Angle's father
* as Doctor Artaud
Release
'Once Upon an Angel' premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival on 24 August 2002, and was screened at the Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur on 28 September 2002. The film was released in France on 9 October 2002. An English subtitled direct-to-video version, including a making-of, a soundtrack, deleted scenes, a film poster and two short films, was released on 28 May 2003.
Accolades
At the Cabourg Film Festival 2003, Mor was awarded the Swann d'Or for Best Actress.
Critical response
References
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