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Director:
Jacques Demy
Writers:
Jacques Demy (story)
Jacques Demy (screenplay)
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Release Date:
1 March 1963 (France) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Plot:
Jean is a clerk in a bank. His colleague Caron is a gambler and gives him the virus. In the casinos... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
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Jeanne Moreau at her best more

Cast

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Jeanne Moreau ... Jackie Demaistre
Claude Mann ... Jean Fournier
Paul Guers ... Caron
Henri Nassiet ... Mr. Fournier, Jean's father
André Certes ... Bank manager
Nicole Chollet ... Marthe, housekeeper
Georges Alban
Conchita Parodi ... Hotel director
Jacques Moreau
André Canter
Jean-Pierre Lorrain
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Bay of Angels (UK)
Bay of the Angels (USA)
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Runtime:
79 min | France:89 min
Country:
France
Language:
French
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

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Featured in Jacquot de Nantes (1991) more

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12 out of 15 people found the following comment useful:-
Jeanne Moreau at her best, 26 October 2001
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Author: Daryl Chin (lqualls-dchin) from Brooklyn, New York

Jacques Demy's second feature is an amazingly fluid, vibrant comedy about love and luck, starring Jeanne Moreau at her (dazzling) best. And she is literally dazzling, in resplendent costumes (mostly by Pierre Cardin) and radiantly blonde. The music by Michel Legrand is one of his best scores ever, as it sweeps through the film, carrying everything along with two basic themes, one furiously accelerated piano theme, the other a softer, more lilting theme played in different variations, but mostly on the mandolin. It's a movie that sweeps you along, just as fast and unpredictable as a spin on the roulette wheel. This is a film in which "black-and-white" becomes a dazzling metaphor, so that the sun-drenched exteriors of the south of France are contrasted with the various interiors of hotel rooms and casinos. LA BAIE DES ANGES may seem slight, but only "seems": it's one of the most passionate statements on love and faith in the modern cinema, and it's a work of true enchantment.

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