SORRY ANGEL (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Vincent Lacoste (The French Kissers), Pierre Deladonchamps (Stranger by the Lake), Denis Podalydès (The Conquest), Adèle Wismes (film debut), Thomas Gonzalez (film debut), Clément Métayer (Something in the Air), Quentin Thébault (The Army of Crime), Tristan Farge (Sophie’s Misfortunes), Sophie Letourneur (Primrose Hill), Luca Malinowski (Overdrive), Rio Vega (The Lachance Kids)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Christophe Honoré (The Beautiful Person), director, writer; Philippe Martin (Young Girls in Black) and David Thion (All Is Forgiven), producers; Rémy Chevrin (Bus Palladium), cinematographer; Chantal Hymans (Beloved), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Arthur (Lacoste), a 20-something aspiring writer, meets and falls in love with 39-year-old writer and single father Jacques (Deladonchamps), but their relationship is tested by a fast-acting illness…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Sorry Angel is an uplifting but bittersweet French romance that will ignite a spark in any lover, no matter what sexual orientation.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 22ND MARCH 2019

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