Sorry Angel (2018)

Jacques is an older writer from Paris. Arthur is a young student in Rennes. They instantly fall in love. But they'll have to face rejection and sickness to keep it that way.

Director:

Christophe Honoré

Writer:

Christophe Honoré (as Honoré)

Stars:

Vincent Lacoste, Pierre Deladonchamps, Denis Podalydès

8 wins & 12 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Vincent Lacoste	...	Arthur Prigent
Pierre Deladonchamps	...	Jacques Tondelli
Denis Podalydès	...	Mathieu
Adèle Wismes	...	Nadine
Thomas Gonzalez	...	Marco
Clément Métayer	...	Pierre
Quentin Thébault	...	Jean-Marie
Tristan Farge	...	Louis
Sophie Letourneur	...	Isabelle
Marlene Saldana	...	L'actrice (as Marlène Saldana)
Luca Malinowski	...	Stéphane
Rio Vega	...	Fabrice
Loïc Mobihan	...	Le docteur
Mathilda Doucouré
Eric Vigner

Storyline

1993. Arthur, early 20s, is studying in Rennes. His life changes when he meets Jacques, a writer who lives in Paris with his young son. All summer long, Arthur and Jacques enjoy and love each other. But Jacques knows that this kind of love needs to live fast.

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Plot Keywords:

aids | gay relationship | male nudity | lgbt | male rear nudity | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

The filming begins in mid-June 2017 in Brittany, precisely during two days in Binic and twenty days in the city center of Rennes. The Filming also continues in Paris and Amsterdam.

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Quotes

Pierre: Cruelty is not one man wounding another, mutilating or torturing him, severing his limbs or his head, or even making him cry. The true, terrible cruelty is that a man who cuts another off, interrupting him like dots in a sentence, or looking away from him, making him an error of the gaze, an error of judgement, an error like a letter crumpled up after starting it, after writing the date.

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Connections

References Querelle (1982)

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Soundtracks

Can't Be Sure
Performed by The Sundays

User Reviews

Well above your average gay film

The world has changed a lot since the French New Wave. Audiences have shorter attention spans and don't seem to enjoy literary films as much. I gage if a film is too long by whether I look at my watch in a cinema or pause a streaming one at home to see how mich is left. I did neither on this film.

I was pulled into this film's world. It's yet another film that reminds me that I love the French cinema. This witty, complex, sexy, dramatic, funny, intelligent, literary, romantic, completely honest portrait of gay life in 1993, captured nuances of gay life not seen in American film. The acting is terrific.

Details

Official Sites:

Ad Vitam Distribution [France]

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

15 February 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

Sorry Angel

Filming Locations:

Binic-Étables-sur-Mer, Côtes-d'Armor, France

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$6,559, 17 February 2019

Gross USA:

$30,628

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,636,273

Company Credits

Production Co:

Les Films Pelléas, Arte France Cinéma, Canal+

Technical Specs

Runtime:

132 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1