Angel

– Edwardian England. A precocious girl from a poor background with aspirations to being a novelist fin..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
5.90 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 53 Minutes
Release Year:
2007
Angel (2007)

Edwardian England. A precocious girl from a poor background with aspirations to being a novelist finds herself swept to fame and fortune when her tasteless romances hit the best seller lists. Her life changes in unexpected ways when she encounters an aristocratic brother and sister, both of whom have cultural ambitions, and both of whom fall in love with her.

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Angel (2007) - Trailer

Release Date:

14 Mar 2007

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated

Director:

François Ozon

Writer:

Elizabeth Taylor (novel), François Ozon, François Ozon (dialogue), Martin Crimp (dialogue)

Main Actors:

Romola Garai, Sam Neill, Lucy Russell, Michael Fassbender

Plot:

Angel Deverell comes of age in Edwardian Cheshire knowing she will be a great writer. Rising above her class (her widowed mother has a grocery shop), Angel finds a publisher and a wide audience for her frothy romances. With royalties, she buys an estate, then she's smitten by Esme, a rake from local aristocracy and an artist of dark temperament. She hires Esme's sister Nora, who dotes on her, as a personal assistant, and pursues Esme. Angel is grandly self-centered, coloring her world as if it were one of her novels. When the Great War breaks out and reality begins to trump her will, can Angel hold on to her man and her public?

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations.

Production:

Lions Gate Films

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
5.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%