Angel-A owes a huge debt of gratitude to the classic "Its A Wonderful Life." But it takes the basic premise of that old movie and twists it and distorts it in a very unusual and funky way. The result is a movie that is amusing, surprises, and beautifully filmed.
This 2007 French film is set in Paris, and revolves around a small time hood, Andre (who is really a good guy) that gets in too deep with the mob...he owes lots of money and they are after him. So, he decides to throw himself off a bridge and kill himself. And lo and behold, a person appears on the bridge next to him, and jumps. he dives in the water to rescue this person. Now in Wonderful Life, this person is Clarence, an older gentlemen, slightly befuddled. In Angel-A she is a drop dead gorgeous, super leggy, tall blond, called Angela.
The rest of the film follows with Angela trying to show our little Andre why he should want to live...and she succeeds. But the steps they go through are funny and sometimes a little naughty.
The parallels with Wonderful Life are quite amusing. After George Baily rescues Clarence, they go to a bar, a little neighborhood place. Angela and Andre go to a bar also, well....technically a strip club that serves booze...but pretty close to the original scene! LOL LOL!
This was fun to watch, with two good performances from Jamel Debbouze as Andre and Rie Rasmussen as Angela.
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