Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Usamah Harvey The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Patience Watson One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.

Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

stephanlinsenhoff Angèle is a young woman, trying to renew contact with her son, living with his grandparents. She is, after serving some years in prison, conscious of the difficulty to be a mother. A good mother. She is the reason for her husbands death. But, as she says: an accident. With her not easy background she meets the shy fisherman Tony to work for him (in mind a marriage that makes possible to get her child - be near him. The grandparents have the custody. Her son, having not seen his mother during prison-time is cautious. Angèle must prove the judge in charge of her case her capability as a mother and married woman. Angèle's background, the shy Tony, his suspicious mother and her sons grandparents are serious difficulties waiting for her to take. But: now and then polarities are not a hinder but the help as only way of understanding when nothing is left and the base for marriage. Yohan asks Tony if muscles bites. The answer: the three drive to the beach for the answer of the boy's question. His question can be regarded as metaphor. Both Angèle and Tony are closed as clams. But sometimes: if time and space permits polarities to decide can polarities be of help for each other. Clams do not bite

richwgriffin-227-176635 I was so surprised; I really wanted to love this movie. I absolutely love French cinema - it is my favorite country for films, with Spain in a close second. However, I can sum up why I hated this movie in two words: Gregory Gadebois. I just hated his character, his acting, and was annoyed every time he was on screen. I didn't want these two to even be friends. I like slice of life films. "Le Havre" is a new all-time favorite. I wonder, too, if my dislike of fishing also may have impacted my feelings about this movie. I did stick with it. I loved Clotilde Hesme in "Love Songs" but she was dull in this movie. I also found the supporting characters quite dull and without any charm or interest. The editing was pedestrian. The camera-work didn't show me anything new. Watching someone ride their bicycle endlessly doesn't add any enjoyment to my life! The unerotic sex scene at the very beginning was not a good way to begin a movie! Usually, when I see French films I want to go to where the film was made, but this was definitely not the case with this graceless dull movie. I sincerely hope this will be Gregory Gadebois last movie; I could live with never seeing this particular "actor" (ahem) ever again!

jotix100 "Angele et Tony" was a surprise when it was shown on a French cable channel recently. Directed and co-written by Alix Delaporte. It is a small picture about ordinary people that come together in an unexpected way. One can easily identify with the simple story that M. Delaporte has created.Angele, a young woman recently released from prison, after serving four years, wants to be near her son that has been living with her parents. The boy feels badly because the rejection he perceives happened when his mother disappeared from his life. Angele must find an employment that will prove to the judge in charge of her case she is a reformed woman capable of regaining her son's custody.The only thing available for Angele is working as a fishmonger for Tony, the fisherman who works with his mother selling what he gets from the sea. Tony, a heavyset man, is a shy person, as it is obvious he is also afraid of being rejected by any woman he might decide to go after. Living and working with his mother, things become hard for the young Angele to overcome. After all, she has no experience.It is not hard to think that Tony wants to help Angele, even going against his better judgment and upsetting his own mother, but Angele is able to overcome her initial awkwardness and suddenly she gains Tony's mother trust, as well as his love, something that was hidden behind their outward acceptance of one another.Alix Delaporte got an ensemble atmosphere for his project. Clotilde Esme is lovely as Angele. Gregoire Gadebois, a member of the prestigious Comedy Francaise, makes an impression as Tony, the fisherman with a heart of gold. Evelyn Didi plays Myriam, Tony's mother. Claire Mathon's cinematography takes us along the Normandy coast to picturesque fishing villages and other places capturing the atmosphere of the area. Mathieu Maestracci contributed to the music score. M. Delaporte shows he is a natural for being behind the camera and one can only hope he will go far in his next venture.

mmunier My Filipino friend picks up the French movies, well nearly all the times French. Most of the time,including the four of us, we are only a dozen of people in the cinema. And now the time is right for the movie to start - here it comes, slow, with some unusual beauty, bestial beauty? It's too early to know - the main character seems aloof, troubled and things are a little strange, the story goes on still fairly slow...Is something going to happen? But soon our patience gets rewarded, this slow introduction starts to reveal the why and how. People interact, cautiously. I did get on the French news, here down under, that fishing as a profession suffered hardship with European quota imposition and I understand what is happening to this small community. It's nice to have some insight in what is going on, else it could be perceived as fabricated. But really here little is fabricated just narrated in a beautiful way in a beautiful but very real setting, yes with perhaps unlikely events but not impossible. What'll become of Angele and Tony? Well just like me you'll need to sit through to find out the right way, that is do not start with the last page or here reading comments with spoilers. That's right it would spoil it!