Storyline André, a small-time ex-convict, seems to owe money to everyone in Paris, including a crime boss who promises to kill him if he doesn't repay him by midnight. After failing to find protection from the American embassy and the French police, a despairing André scrambles onto a bridge over the Seine, intending to leap to his death. He is surprised to see a tall, beautiful girl clinging to a rail on the same bridge, apparently preparing to end her life as well. She jumps, and he jumps too, suddenly resolving to save her life. After scrambling ashore, she tells him her name is Angel-A. Together, they take a cruise on the Seine, repay André's creditors, visit a Parisian nightspot, and more, as Angel-A helps André. He learns that for this purpose she has fallen out of the sky and into his life. André finds himself falling in love with this mysterious beauty.
Cast: Jamel Debbouze
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André Moussah
Rie Rasmussen
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Angel-A
Gilbert Melki
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Franck
Serge Riaboukine
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Pedro
Akim Chir
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Le chef des malfrats
Eric Balliet
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Garde du corps Franck
Loïc Pora
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Le malfrat #2
Venus Boone
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La mère d'Angela
Jérôme Guesdon
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Le malfrat #3
Michel Bellot
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Le planton US
Michel Chesneau
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Le flic commissariat
Olivier Claverie
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Le sécrétaire US
Solange Milhaud
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La femme de Saint-Lazare
Laurent Jumeaucourt
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Le dragueur
Franck-Olivier Bonnet
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Le dernier client
Filming Locations: Montmartre, Paris 18, Paris, France
Box Office Details
Budget: €15,000,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend: £47,825
(UK)
(30 July 2006)
(26 Screens)
Gross: $202,200
(USA)
(30 September 2007)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes:
When Andre is talking with Angel-a right after her rescue, his necklaces changes position in and out of his shirt.
Quotes: Angel-A:
[in French]
I'm an angel. André:
[in French]
I love you.
User Review
breathtaking
Rating: 9/10
A beautiful, breathtakingly shot movie with a touching storyline.
Besson often talks about his feminine side, and he is in full touch
with it here. Those expecting another Nikita with lots of guns and car
chases should look elsewhere. I'm sure they will find at least 10 other
movies like that now in the multiplex, but nothing like this. Serious
Besson fans will not be disappointed. Besson has filmed a Paris that is
at the same time both beautiful and real. We see the beauty of Notre
Dame, Parisian cafés, the city's bridges, but we also see its ugliness
and the difficulty faced by those who do not fit the stereotype of what
it means to be French. Anyone who has ever felt like a stranger in
their own home will find a kindred spirit in Andre. It is a struggle to
fit into a culture and a struggle to value one's self as a part of it.
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