Angela (1995)

A ten year old girl named Angela leads her six year old sister, Ellie, through various regimens of 'purification' in an attempt to rid themselves of their evil, which she believes to be the... See full summary »

Director:

Rebecca Miller

Writer:

Rebecca Miller

Stars:

Miranda Rhyne, Charlotte Eve Blythe, Anna Levine

4 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Miranda Rhyne	...	Angela (as Miranda Stuart Rhyne)
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
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

Storyline

A ten year old girl named Angela leads her six year old sister, Ellie, through various regimens of 'purification' in an attempt to rid themselves of their evil, which she believes to be the cause of their mother's mental illness. Precocious, to say the least, Angela has visions of Lucifer coming to take her and her sister away, and one of her remedies for this is for them to remain within a circle of their dolls and toys until they see a vision of the virgin Mary come to them. But such thinking can only lead to an ending befitting of her own mental state.

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Plot Keywords:

girl | bar | horse riding | husband wife relationship | family relationships | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

January 1995 (USA)

Also Known As:

Angela und der Engel

Filming Locations:

Poughkeepsie, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tree Farm Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

Blatantly visible right before Angela's baptism scene and a little bit after.

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Quotes

[Angela is explaining to Ellie all about sex using the horse as an example]
Angela: See this?
Ellie: Yeah.
Angela: That's exactly what men have. They stick it in the women. I've seen mom and dad do it. It looks like it hurts.
Ellie: Why do they do it then?
Angela: It's a rule. You have to.
Ellie: I don't wanna do it.
Angela: Well if you don't do it by the time you're 21 you start getting smaller.
Ellie: How come?
Angela: Cuz there's certain vitamins and I don't know but I've seen people like that. They're mom's age and they're as small as you.
[...]

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Connections

References Mogambo (1953)

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Soundtracks

"Angel Of Mercy"
Performed by Greta Gaines
Written by Greta Gaines
Courtesy of Sweat Ride Music
© 1994

User Reviews

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.