Angel

2007, 134 minutes, Rated M

Acclaimed director Francois Ozon (8 Femmes, Swimming Pool, 5x2) joins a celebrated ensemble cast, including Charlotte Rampling, Sam Neill, Lucy Russell, Romola Garai and Michael Fassbender, in an adaptation of the famous novel by Elizabeth Taylor.

England, 1905. Amidst the dreary, tenement-lined backdrop of the Edwardian Age, Angel Deverell is a gifted but struggling young author who finds fame, fortune and love as a sensationalist romance writer. Despite her success, the eccentric Angel is condemned to a life of isolation and disappointment, harangued by critics and alienated by loved ones due to her unrealistic outlook on life. Francois Ozon's lavish story of the rise of a young woman through the strata of Britain's class society is a tragic tale of success, exclusion and ultimate demise.