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New Orleans Film Society

Exterminating Angels (Les anges exterminateurs)

FRANCE 100 min.

Director
Jean-Claude Brisseau
Writer
Jean-Claude Brisseau
Producer
Milena Poylo, Gilles Sacuto
Cinematographer
Wilfrid Sempé
Editor
María Luisa García
Cast
Raphaele Godin, Lise Bellynck, Maroussia Dubreuil, Frederic Van Den Driessche

Synopsis

François, a filmmaker, is preparing a thriller. During screen tests for a brief nude scene with an actress, he discovers the pleasure some women can have in the transgression of minor erotic… François, a filmmaker, is preparing a thriller. During screen tests for a brief nude scene with an actress, he discovers the pleasure some women can have in the transgression of minor erotic taboos. Driven by the desire to contribute something new to the cinema, he decides to make a film that mixes fiction and reality and centers on something which unexpectedly becomes an enigma and a taboo: the minor transgressions that are a source of pleasure. His research into eroticism raises basic questions. But like Icarus approaching the sun, he only burns his wings.