Angel / The Real Life of Angel Deverell / François Ozon / 2007

Angel

2007 Comedy / Drama / Romance

Director: François Ozon
Script: Martin Crimp, François Ozon, Elizabeth Taylor (novel)
Photo: Denis Lenoir
Music: Philippe Rombi
Cast: Romola Garai (Angel Deverell), Sam Neill (Théo), Lucy Russell (Nora Howe-Nevinson), Michael Fassbender (Esmé), Charlotte Rampling (Hermione), Jacqueline Tong (Mother Deverell), Janine Duvitski (Aunt Lottie), Christopher Benjamin (Lord Norley), Tom Georgeson (Marvell), Simon Woods (Clive Fennelly), Jemma Powell (Angelica), Alison Pargeter (Edwina), Una Stubbs (Miss Dawson)
Country: UK / Belgium / France
Language: English
Runtime: 134 min
Aka: The Real Life of Angel Deverell

Summary

England, 1905. The daughter of a poor shopkeeper, Angel Deverell refuses to accept her humble place in society. Determined to rise to better things, she embarks on a literary career and starts to churn out shallow melodramatic romances which she considers to be masterpieces of literary art. Thanks to her publisher, Theo, and a marked lack of discrimination in the book-buying public, her novels prove to be an immense success. Within no time at all the fortunate Miss Deverell has wealth, social standing and a dream home. She also discovers love, in the form of avant-garde artist Esmé, and her happiness is complete. But surely such success cannot endure...

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