The Exterminating Angels (2006)

A filmmaker holds a series of boundary-pushing auditions for his project about female pleasure.

Director:

Jean-Claude Brisseau

Writer:

Jean-Claude Brisseau

Stars:

Frédéric van den Driessche, Maroussia Dubreuil, Lise Bellynck

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Frédéric van den Driessche	...	François
Maroussia Dubreuil	...	Charlotte
Lise Bellynck	...	Julie
Marie Allan	...	Stéphanie
Sophie Bonnet	...	La femme de François
Raphaële Godin	...	Apparition 1 / Rebecca
Margaret Zenou	...	Apparition 2
Jeanne Cellard	...	La grand-mère
Virginie Legeay	...	Virginie
Estelle Galarme	...	Olivia
Marine Danaux	...	Agnès
Apolline Louis	...	Céline
François Négret	...	L'ami de Stéphane
Christophe Maillard	...	Le producteur
Françoise Bonnet	...	La voisine escalier

Storyline

François is a film-maker, usually impassive and without affect. He's making a film about women's pleasure as they transgress taboos. He doesn't know that two fallen angels who've been sent to upend him are manipulating his interest. He interviews young women, video tapes screen tests, and selects several for the film. The erotic scenes with them generate off-screen dynamics that may overwhelm the project. His wife is at first ignorant of his venture, then she's put off, and then becomes his assistant. The fallen angels are always close at hand: is François's ruin inevitable?

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Plot Keywords:

female pubic hair | female masturbation in public | bare breasts | pubic hair | female full frontal nudity | 

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

13 September 2006 (France)

Also Known As:

The Exterminating Angels

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$6,485, 11 March 2007

Gross USA:

$23,308

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$154,210

Company Credits

Production Co:

TS Productions, La Sorcière Rouge, Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Apparition 1: Observe this young woman. Listen to her. She'll inspire you. She'll make you famous...

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Connections

References Ariane (1931)

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Soundtracks

Sexy Ladies
Written by Alexis Pecharman
Performed by Alexis Pecharman

User Reviews

Kitsch plus Cocteau

French film makers are prone to mixing banal philosophy and soft core porn. Their tiresome philosophies of pleasure are ALWAYS mere justification for voyeurism and mental masturbation for the predominantly male viewers, some of whom evidently hope that their wives and girlfriends will be stimulated too. They can thus escape the horrors of monogamy, if only in their minds. This transparently false justification is the essence of kitsch. On an intellectual level this film is no better than Exit To Eden, which also justified voyeurism and diluted forms of perversion with the same pretentious twaddle. But at least we are spared from seeing men in G strings and Rosie O'Donnell in a black corset and fishnet stockings. The borrowings from Orphee are obvious. Death is a sinister beauty, corrupt police do her work, and coded radio messages appear at random. Even the title borrows from Bunuel. However, little is done with these elements. They are tiny bits of brain candy for the critics, like finding Waldo. We do see some pretty girls, but they are mostly insane. BOTTOM LINE: For men who need a jump start.