The French film La baie des anges (1963) was shown in the U.S. with the translated title Bay of Angels. It was written and directed by Jacques Demy.
The movie stars Jeanne Moreau as gambling addict Jacqueline 'Jackie' Demaistre. Film buffs know that Moreau was a famous actor in the 1950's and 1960's. Some of the greatest film directors of that era starred her in their movies: Louis Malle, Michelangelo Antonioni, François Truffaut, and Luis Buñuel. The young director Jacques Demy knew that she was the star he wanted, and she accepted the role.
Unfortunately, Bay of Angels is not Demy's greatest movie. Moreau appears as a blonde, which really doesn't work. She always was a woman who would turn heads, but here she looks cheap and as artificial as her hair color.
Claude Mann played opposite Moreau, as Jean, the young man who catches the gambling virus from her. She tells him she can never love anyone as much as she loves gambling. My thought--trust her and step away. However, stepping away from Jackie isn't as easy as it might look.
Of course, I can't tell you how the movie ends, but let's just say that the ending makes absolutely no sense in the context of the 90 minutes of film that came before it.
We saw this film on DVD, where it worked well. The movie has a solid IMDb rating of 7.3. I didn't think that it was as good as that. I rated it 6.
The movie stars Jeanne Moreau as gambling addict Jacqueline 'Jackie' Demaistre. Film buffs know that Moreau was a famous actor in the 1950's and 1960's. Some of the greatest film directors of that era starred her in their movies: Louis Malle, Michelangelo Antonioni, François Truffaut, and Luis Buñuel. The young director Jacques Demy knew that she was the star he wanted, and she accepted the role.
Unfortunately, Bay of Angels is not Demy's greatest movie. Moreau appears as a blonde, which really doesn't work. She always was a woman who would turn heads, but here she looks cheap and as artificial as her hair color.
Claude Mann played opposite Moreau, as Jean, the young man who catches the gambling virus from her. She tells him she can never love anyone as much as she loves gambling. My thought--trust her and step away. However, stepping away from Jackie isn't as easy as it might look.
Of course, I can't tell you how the movie ends, but let's just say that the ending makes absolutely no sense in the context of the 90 minutes of film that came before it.
We saw this film on DVD, where it worked well. The movie has a solid IMDb rating of 7.3. I didn't think that it was as good as that. I rated it 6.