Angela (1995)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Rebecca Miller

Writer:

Rebecca Miller (writer)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A ten year old girl named Angela leads her six year old sister, Ellie, through various regimens of 'purification'...

Plot Keywords:

Virgin Mary | Religion | Dream Like | Mother Daughter Relationship | Dysfunctional

Awards:

4 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Miranda Rhyne	...	Angela
Charlotte Eve Blythe	...	Ellie (as Charlotte Blythe)
Anna Levine	...	Mae (as Anna Thomson)
John Ventimiglia	...	Andrew
Ruth Maleczech	...	Sleepwalker
Vincent Gallo	...	Preacher
Garrett Bemer	...	Tom
Peter Facinelli	...	Lucifer
Hynden Walch	...	Darlene (as Hynden Walsh)
Henry Stram	...	Man at Fair
Sara Caitlin Hall	...	Anne
Frances Conroy	...	Anne's Mother (as Francis Conroy)
Gerard Lyons III	...	Anne's Father
Rodger L. Phillips	...	Frank
Io Tillett Wright	...	Sam

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:15

Company:

Tree Farm Productions

Quotes:

[Angela tackled the boy who threw a doll at her sister Ellie]
Angela: You could've killed my sister!
[boy doesn't say anything so she says to Ellie]
Angela: Sit on his head.
[Ellie sits on the boy's head]
boy: Get the kid away from me!
Angela: Apologize or she'll fart!
boy: Sorry...
Angela: Say, I'm very very sorry Ellie and I love your smile.
boy: I'm very very sorry Ellie and I love your smile.
[...]

Movie Connections:

References Mogambo (1953)

Soundtrack:

Angel Of Mercy

A LITTLE GIRL'S 400 BLOWS

ANGELA whisks the viewer away into the nightmare of a young girl threatened with the loss of her very world through the crumbling psychology of her mother. Rebecca Miller's film brings thoroughly to bloom the essence of a dangerous imagination which plays out like a Greek tragedy in the lives of Angela and her little sister on a quest to save themselves from the devil. The devil himself white as chalk and winged appears to warn them that he soon will claim the family. A helpless father cannot bind together the broken bridges and fallen stars of his wife, a Marilyn Monroe-like singer who can only perpetuate the failures of her life, spreading them like termites to envelope any stability her family could muster. It seems then to ANGELA that she in her innocence must bear that burden and find by way of a stray horse a black cat who she believes give her messages to where she can find the holy grail of her family's salvation, and this to a desperate end.