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Angels of Sin

Original title: Les anges du péché
  • 19431943
  • 1h 20m
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Les anges du péché (1943)
  • Drama
Anne-Marie joins a Dominican convent as a novice where she knows Therese. After shooting a man for which she was imprisoned, Therese protests her innocence reluctant to tell her secret.Anne-Marie joins a Dominican convent as a novice where she knows Therese. After shooting a man for which she was imprisoned, Therese protests her innocence reluctant to tell her secret.Anne-Marie joins a Dominican convent as a novice where she knows Therese. After shooting a man for which she was imprisoned, Therese protests her innocence reluctant to tell her secret.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
1.5K
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  • Director
    • Robert Bresson
  • Writers
    • Robert Bresson(scenario)
    • Raymond Leopold Bruckberger(scenario)
    • Jean Giraudoux(dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Renée Faure
    • Jany Holt
    • Sylvie
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  • Director
    • Robert Bresson
  • Writers
    • Robert Bresson(scenario)
    • Raymond Leopold Bruckberger(scenario)
    • Jean Giraudoux(dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Renée Faure
    • Jany Holt
    • Sylvie
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    Les anges du péché (1943)
    Renée Faure and Sylvie in Les anges du péché (1943)
    Renée Faure and Jany Holt in Les anges du péché (1943)
    Les anges du péché (1943)
    Jany Holt and Mila Parély in Les anges du péché (1943)
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    Renée Faure
    Renée Faure
    • Anne-Marie Lamauryas Anne-Marie Lamaury
    Jany Holt
    Jany Holt
    • Thérèseas Thérèse
    Sylvie
    Sylvie
    • La prieureas La prieure
    Mila Parély
    • Madeleineas Madeleine
    Marie-Hélène Dasté
    Marie-Hélène Dasté
    • Mère Saint-Jeanas Mère Saint-Jean
    Yolande Laffon
    • Madame Lamauryas Madame Lamaury
    Paula Dehelly
    • Mère Dominiqueas Mère Dominique
    Silvia Monfort
    Silvia Monfort
    • Agnèsas Agnès
    Gilberte Terbois
    • Soeur Marie-Josèpheas Soeur Marie-Josèphe
    Louis Seigner
    Louis Seigner
    • Le directeur de la prisonas Le directeur de la prison
    Georges Colin
    Georges Colin
    • Le chef de la P.J.as Le chef de la P.J.
    Geneviève Morel
    • Soeur Bertheas Soeur Berthe
    Christiane Barry
    • Soeur Blaiseas Soeur Blaise
    Jean Morel
    • L'inspecteur de policeas L'inspecteur de police
    Jacqueline Champi
    • Une religieuseas Une religieuse
    Madeleine Clervanne
    Andrée Clément
    Andrée Clément
    • Soeur Élisabethas Soeur Élisabeth
    Elisabeth Hardy
    • Une religieuseas Une religieuse
    • Director
      • Robert Bresson
    • Writers
      • Robert Bresson(scenario)
      • Raymond Leopold Bruckberger(scenario)
      • Jean Giraudoux(dialogue)
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    Storyline

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    Rich young Anne-Marie thinks she has found her vocation when she joins a Dominican convent as a novice. The convent specialises in rehabilitating female prisoners, and Anne-Marie becomes especially fascinated with Therese, trying to get her to join the convent to redeem her for her sins - but Therese protests her innocence. However, when released, Therese shoots the man who committed the crime for which she was imprisoned, then joins the convent, where she is reluctant to tell anyone her secret, least of all Anne-Marie. Meanwhile, outside the convent, a police search is widening... —Michael Brooke <michael@everyman.demon.co.uk>
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    • Trivia
      First feature film directed by Robert Bresson.
    • Connections
      Edited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Une vague nouvelle (1999)
    • Soundtracks
      Salve Regina
      Music by Jean-Jacques Grünenwald

      Sung by Irène Joachim

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    nuns, one on the run
    An early work by Bresson, I was lucky enough to see a restored version of the film at Cannes Film Festival this year. It is a fine film, though unfortunately is not so fresh in memory. It is a different sort of film from his later work, lacking both its intense bleakness and its incredible originality. It is nonetheless a very powerful and pure work, which explore the Christian themes of self-sacrifice and redemption with a kind of intense, candid, clear-sighted conviction that one would expect from Bresson. Its story about two women who choose to join a convent, and the different reasons for doing so (one being essentially self-less and the other a selfish who is "on the run")is far more compelling than it might sound. As usual there is a brilliant precision in its film language and narrative, and it conveys its social ambiance and characters (the various nuns mostly) using Bresson's typically stripped-down, modest style which mangages to be engagingly dramatic. For an atheist I also found myself completely engaged by the film's concerns because of the honest, complex and sparing way in which Bresson explored them. He was certainly a very different sort of Christian to most of the ones who come knocking at my door...
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    • Release date
      • January 16, 1950 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Angels of the Streets
    • Production company
      • Synops
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 20 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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