Bay of Angels
Jean is a clerk in a bank. His colleague Caron is a gambler and gives him the virus. In the casinos, Jean meets Jackie. Their love affair will follow their luck at the roulette.
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Released
- 1963
- Country
- France, Monaco
Details
Release year: 1963
Storyline
Jean is a clerk in a bank. His colleague Caron is a gambler and gives him the virus. In the casinos, Jean meets Jackie. Their love affair will follow their luck at the roulette.
Top credits
Jeanne Moreau — Jackie Demaistre
Claude Mann — Jean Fournier
Paul Guers — Caron- Henri Nassiet — M. Fournier
Did you know
• According to Agnès Varda, Jacques Demy had little to no experience gambling prior to making this film. Although another source states Demy decided to make the movie after winning a large bet placed on the number 17. Jackie's lucky number is also 17.
• It was at a screening of this film in California that producer Roger Corman and film-writer Peter Bogdanovich found themselves sitting near each other. At the end of the film, they began talking and formed a friendship which ultimately led to Corman offering Bogdanovich the chance to direct his first film, Targets (1968), starring Boris Karloff.
• Mathieu Demy has said that this film is his favorite of his father's work.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $85,840
User reviews
Luck be a lady..........
Well crafted, slow character study, microscopic quality.
some interesting direction, and Jeanne Moreau, but nothing very special
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
- Color
- Black and White
