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The Dreamlife of Angels

1998 · 1h 53m · R Drama
Directed by Erick Zonca

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Isa and Marie bond while working in a French sweatshop and soon begin sharing an apartment that Marie is watching for a hospitalized mother and daughter. Marie, hoping to avoid a life of struggle and poverty, takes up with Chriss, a nightclub owner whose most attractive asset is his money. Isa recognizes the ultimate futility of the relationship and tries to keep Marie away from him, but her interference puts their friendship at risk.

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93%
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Fresh

Frank, intimate, touching, with an emotional immediacy that is killing.

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Fresh

There's not a single encounter in The Dreamlife of Angels that isn't vivid and emotionally full.

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh

Completely absorbing, almost rudely poignant.

Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic
Fresh

As raw and immediate as it is heartfelt.

Janet Maslin, New York Times
Fresh

It's so graceful and intelligent and complicated in its depiction of human interaction that it takes the notion of a remarkably assured directorial debut to a new level.

Amy Taubin, Village Voice

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