The Exterminating Angels

The Exterminating Angels

Directed by Jean-Claude Brisseau

Produced by TS Productions, La Sorcière Rouge

2006103 min5.3 / 10

A provocative, formally experimental film that blurs the line between artistic creation and transgressive exploitation, using eroticism and boundary-violation as both subject and method.

A filmmaker holds a series of boundary-pushing auditions for his latest project: a thriller on the subject of female pleasure.

Questions people ask

  • Does The Exterminating Angels end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 96% of films.

  • Is The Exterminating Angels easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is The Exterminating Angels sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

  • Is The Exterminating Angels scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 67% of films.

  • Is The Exterminating Angels violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

28/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

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Rarity95

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise16

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love5

How much audiences actually like it

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