Dolls and Angels

Dolls and Angels

Directed by Nora Hamdi

Produced by France 2 Cinéma, Flach Film

2008102 min6.3 / 10

A grim, intimate family drama about immigrant adolescents navigating paternal control, rebellion, and the predatory underside of urban opportunity.

The father of a family of North African immigrants living on a Paris housing estate finds it hard to impose his will on his two teenage daughters. Lya, 17, and Chirine, 18, respond to their father’s bouts of violence by rebelling in the same way as most French adolescents. When Chirine is offered work as a model, she jumps at the chance, but soon realizes she may be about to fall into the prostitution racket...

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  • Is Dolls and Angels sad? Yes, very. More sad than 91% of films.

  • Is Dolls and Angels scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of films.

  • Does Dolls and Angels end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Dolls and Angels violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.

  • Is Dolls and Angels easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

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