Bay of Angels
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Director Jacques Demy Music director Michel Legrand Duration Language French | 7.4/10 IMDb Genre Drama, Romance Screenplay Jacques Demy Country France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1 March 1963 Writer Jacques Demy (scenario and dialogue) Cast Jeanne Moreau (Jacqueline 'Jackie' Demaistre), Claude Mann (Jean Fournier), Paul Guers (Caron), Henri Nassiet (M. Fournier), Nicole Chollet (Marthe)Similar movies Mississippi Grind , California Split , The Gambler , The Patriot , The Big Town , Out of Africa Tagline A stirring journey into the nightmare of a woman driven by a strange passion. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bay of Angels (French: La baie des anges) is a 1963 French film directed by Jacques Demy. Starring Jeanne Moreau and Claude Mann, it is Demy's second film and deals with the subject of gambling.
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Plot
Jean Fournier (Claude Mann) is a young bank employee who is encouraged by his friend Caron to take an interest in gambling. After winning money in a game of roulette, he decides to vacation in Nice, where he falls in love with Jackie (Jeanne Moreau), divorced and mother to a child she rarely visits. Though Jackie also enjoys Jean's company, she constantly warns him that her passion for gambling will always be greater.
Jean becomes jealous of not having all of her attention and has mixed feelings about gambling, yet he too is to some extent seduced by this new life style that involves taking risks. Despite Jackie's cool façade and alleged control over her choices – she claims she is unattached to the money itself, but rather the thrill of the game, and doesn't mind going from rich to poor in a matter of seconds -, she soon begins to reveal her vulnerability and the emptiness she often feels as result of her addiction.
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