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Bay of Angels

Country: France | Monaco, Language: French, 90 mins

Original Title

La baie des anges
  • Director: Jacques Demy
  • Writer: Jacques Demy
  • Producer: Paul-Edmond Decharme

CGiii Comment

Dull, dreary and monotonous - with some particularly dreadful acting.

Moreau does Marilyn in this morality tale...it all becomes a little grating to the senses.

Not the 'classic' it purports to be!


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The(ir) Blurb...

Jean is a clerk in a bank. His colleague Caron is a gambler and gives him the virus. In the casinos, Jean meets Jackie. Their love affair will follow their luck at the roulette.

Cast & Characters

Jeanne Moreau as Jacqueline 'Jackie' Demaistre;
Claude Mann as Jean Fournier;
Paul Guers as Caron;
Henri Nassiet as Mr. Fournier, Jean's father;
Andre Certes as Le direteur de la banque;
Nicole Chollet as Marthe, housekeeper;
Georges Alban;
Conchita Parodi as L'hoteliere;
Jacques Moreau;
Andre Canter; Jean-Pierre Lorrain