“You are the most important thing in my heart. I’m not far. I just need a little time, ”says the mother to her daughter through a voice message to her little eight-year-old daughter that when she hears the message she can’t help but scream“ no, no, don’t leave me! ”.
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‘ (‘Angel Face’) is the debut film by French filmmaker Vanessa Filho and a no doubt puzzling and moving story with deep and moving performances by Marion Cotillard who plays Marlene, a young mother who lives alone with her eight-year-old daughter (Elli), and Ayline Aksoy-Etaix, in her first performance.
Featured in the ‘A Certain Look’ selection at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, ‘Angel Face’ surprised critics in part because it is the director’s debut feature, who had long wanted to bring this project to reality weather. A unique story that portrays the complicated life of an unresponsible single mother and her precocious daughter who lives fascinated with her, despite all the excesses of her mother. After a night of partying, her mother decides to leave with a man she barely knows and leave her daughter completely alone. Both must face their demons in this bold tale.