The Games of Angels

The Games of Angels

Directed by Walerian Borowczyk

Produced by Les Cinéastes Associés

196713 min5.5 / 10

A haunting, surreal animated descent into an abstract labyrinth evoking unspeakable horror and existential dread through painterly abstraction and enigmatic imagery.

Animated short. Abstract forms in a setting evocative of a concentration camp created by the universe. Based on a series of paintings by the Polish artists and filmmaker Walerian Borowczyk, Les Jeux des Anges takes the viewer into a nightmarish and sinister labyrinth world. With images reminiscent of Bosch and Ernst and an abstract soundtrack the film evoke unspeakable horrors lurking at the heart Borowczyk's masterpiece. Borowczyk described the film himself as "A report on the city of angels."

Questions people ask

  • Does The Games of Angels end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 99% of films.

  • Is The Games of Angels scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 97% of films.

  • Is The Games of Angels easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Is The Games of Angels sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Is The Games of Angels violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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.

24/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity96

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise5

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love8

How much audiences actually like it

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