Bay of Angels Reviews

Could be the best Demy. It's a shame that nouvelle vague has hidden this chef d'ouvre fait coincidentally at its peek. The casino allows Demy to play with ups and downs on existence, in a bipolar nihilistic and romantic extremes. The final is great.

Basically, it is once again one of those really obscure French movies which almost no one has seen here on Listal. Indeed, it is one of those unknow/underrated gem and I'm pretty sure everybody has forgot about it but it's a real shame since I really loved this movie. Until today, I never really realized that it had been directed by Jacques Demy. I have seen Demy’s more famous features (‘Les parapluies de Cherbourg’ and ‘Les demoiselles de Rochefort’) but I never really cared about those. He did direct this flick before those two and I thought it was much darker and simply much better. Indeed, it is one of those fascinating stories about gambling (a favorite theme of mine, especially when it is well handled like here) and, actually, I do believe it is one of the best movies about the subject. Indeed, most of the glamour is removed and what remains is the sadness, the loneliness and general sorrow involving the gambling habit. On top of that, there were 2 very interesting characters thanks to the amazing performances by Jeanne Moreau and Claude Mann. To conclude, even though it is a really obscure flick, it is actually really good and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in French movies.