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The Dreamlife of Angels is a french film of genre Drama directed by Érick Zonca released in USA on 2 april 1999 with Élodie Bouchez
The Dreamlife of Angels (1998)
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Add to a movie listThe Dreamlife of Angels (French: La Vie rêvée des anges) is a 1998 French drama film directed by Erick Zonca.
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The film is about two working class women, Isa and Marie. Isa is a drifter and searching for a lover she had met during the summer. When she realizes that her search for him is futile and turns elsewhere she meets Marie, who lives in a small French town near Lille. The two young women instantly find a connection as they both have been treated harshly by life and are living from day to day in short-time jobs, such as working in a textile factory or delivering leaflets in the streets. Marie lives in an apartment that she is looking after because the owners had a car accident in which everyone died, except for Sandrine, a teenager, who is in a coma. Marie invites Isa to live with her. Shortly thereafter Isa and Marie meet up with two bouncers, Fredo and Charly, whom they befriend. The men help them out and they have genuine fun together, although they are not much better off than the women.Actors
Élodie Bouchez
(Isabelle "Isa" Tostin)
Natacha Régnier
(Marie Thomas)
Grégoire Colin
(Chriss)
Corinne Masiero
(Hollywood's woman)
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