Sorry Angel

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BBFC RatingSorry Angel

CertificateNot Rated
Year2018
GenreDrama, Romance
Director(s)Christophe Honoré
LanguageFrench
CountryFrance
Running Time2HR 12MINS
Extra InfoSubtitled
SeasonOutburst Queer Arts Festival

Outburst is delighted to present a preview of the new film from French gay director Christophe Honoré (Les Chansons d'amour).

Sorry Angel is a tale of sex and death, love and friendship - of one man coming into his own and another preparing to say goodbye to the world and let its wonders slip from his grasp.

1993. Jacques (Pierre Deladonchamps) is a writer living in Paris. He hasn’t yet turned 40 but - sick though stable with AIDS - already mistrusts that the best in life is yet to come. Arthur (Vincent Lacoste) is a student living in Brittany who refuses to think that everything in life might not be possible. He wants the same creative community that Jacques outgrew ages ago, the pair’s eventual love affair becoming a shrewd window into intergenerational contrasts and a treatise on conflicting ideals. 

Sensuality and mortality commingle defiantly in this radiant and wrenching new film that offers a variation on the formula of Andrew Haigh’s delicate two-hander Weekend for the Francophile set. 

Special thanks to Thunderbird Releasing. 

“Represents yet another major stride in the treatment of gay relationships on-screen.” – VARIETY 

“Vibrant and moving.” – HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

Part of the Outburst Queer Arts Festival season. Outburst Queer Arts Festival runs from 8 - 17 November 2018.



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