ANGEL 2007

director: François OZON, adapted from the novel by Elizabeth TAYLOR,
cast: Romola GARAI, Sam NEILL, Charlotte RAMPLING, Lucy RUSSELL, Michael FASSBENDER

story: The movie is about the young woman Angel Deverell (Romola GARAI) who starts her career to become a famous writer in England in the beginning of 20th century. One day she meets the talented painter Esmé (Michael FASSBENDER) ...

Angel Deverell's character was inspired by Marie Corelli, a contemporary of Oscar Wilde.  Corelli was one of the first writers who became a star writing bestsellers for an adoring public. In an interview by Claire Vassé director François OZON about his approach to the task of recreating the era: "... For example, Esmé has an open-casket funeral, which is a Mediterranean tradition, unthinkable in Protestant, Edwardian England. But I did it anyway, because this is Angel's world, and she doesn't care about social conventions. Angel is beyond codes, she's constantly reinventing her own reality, which is, alas, her only survival mechanism."

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photo: Angel (Romola Garai) signatures books © 2007 Concorde Filmverleih GmbH