SYNOPSIS Port-en Bessin. A fishing harbor in Normandy. Angèle has some very good reasons for wanting to start a new life when she appears in Tony’s life, a fisherman-sailor, emotionally adrift since his father disappeared at sea.
In spite of his desire for her, Tony remains aloof, Angèle is too beautiful, too mysterious, too disconcerting... he cannot trust her motives.
AWARDS « Michel d’Ornano » Prize César 2012 for Most Promising Actor (Gregory Gadebois) and Most Promising Actress (Clotilde Hesme)
REVIEWS ELLE : “An overwhelming love story that will pull you in like an undertow.”
Le Monde : “This story of emotional self-reconstruction is told with tact, carefully, without effect nor sentimentality. The director’s candour, her occasional clumsiness are assets, symptomatic of authenticity .”
Marianne : “A first feature unlike any other, more intuitive and honest than most, shouldered by an exceptional cast.”
Première : “A first film that is both delicate and infinitely modest, Angèle et Tony is a stirring ode to those who remain strong against all odds.”
BIOGRAPHY Director Alix Delaporte began working for the press agency CAPA as a reporter/camerawoman, covering stories for the show Nulle part ailleurs of Canal + . She then directed the documentary Comme dans un rêve which focused on the famous French soccer player Zinédine Zidane . Following that experience, she enrolled at the Fémis, specializing in screenwriting and began directing her first short features. In 2010, she directed her first long feature Angèle et Tony, which won the Michel d’Ornano prize, a reward which recognizes excellence in screenwriting .
FILMOGRAPHY Le Piège (2003)
Comment on freine dans une descente (2006) Angèle et Tony (2010)
