Marie from the Bay of Angels

Marie from the Bay of Angels, also known as Angel Sharks, is a 1997 French movie, written and directed by Manuel Pradal.

Cast

Vahina Giocante as Marie
Frédéric Malgras as Orso
Nicolas Welbers as Goran
Amira Casar as The Girl In The Villa
Swan Carpio as Jurec
Jamie Harris as Jimmy
Andrew Clover as Andy
Roxane Mesquida as Mireille
Aurelie Morardet as Corinne
John Dowling as John
Patrick Serray as Bob
Brigitte Roüan as Paule

Music

The film's score was composed by Carlo Crivelli. Its soundtrack included songs by J J Cale, Beth Hirsch's "I Could Love You Too", and "Oba, La Vem Ela" by Jorge Ben.

Reception

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 1 out of 4. Ebert was critical of the leading lady "Giocante has been billed as "the new Bardot," and she's off to a good start: Bardot didn't make many good films, either." Ebert was unimpressed by the "recycling exhausted cliches" and found the non-sequential storytelling exhausting, but gave some praise for the scenery, compositions, and "pretty pictures". He concludes "Giocante and Malgras are superficially attractive, although because their characters are empty vessels there's no reason to like them much, or care about them. The movie is cast as a tragedy, and it's tragic, all right: tragic that these kids never developed intelligence and personalities."

Accolades

The film was in competition for the Tiger Award at the 1998 International Film Festival Rotterdam.