Mark of an Angel
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Mark of an Angel or L'Empreinte de l'ange is a French 2008
film, directed by Safy Nebbou. Retitled Angel of Mine for its 2009 English-language DVD release.
In a hospital Elsa Valentin gives birth to a daughter, but the baby reportedly dies in a fire. Seven years later she is divorcing her husband, and they fight over who gets custody over their 12-year-old son Thomas.
When Elsa collects her son from a party, she sees the 7-year-old girl Lola, who she thinks is her daughter, Lucie. First Elsa keeps this to herself, but she uses every opportunity to see Lola and keep into contact with her; toward Claire, the mother, she pretends to be interested in buying the house of the family, which is for sale, so that she can inspect the house and thus see Lola. Next, she goes to ice-skating when Lola does with her mother. Elsa and Lola skate together, but they fall and Lola is lightly wounded. Furthermore, she goes to a ballet performance in which Lola participates, and stands on the side of the stage behind the curtains to watch her perform; Lola does not mind, it feels for her like Elsa supports her more than Claire does. Claire confronts Elsa with her stalking behaviour.
Later Elsa tells Claire her claim but Claire maintains Lola is her own daughter. Elsa asks for a DNA test but Claire refuses, after which Elsa sneaks into the house to search for a hair of Lola but loses it in a fight with Claire. Claire tells what happened to her husband who suggests to allow Elsa the DNA test; he argues that this will prove that Lola is not Elsa's daughter.
Eventually, Claire confesses to Elsa, then her husband, that seven years ago in the hospital her own daughter died in the fire from smoke inhalation. In another room, she heard a baby crying and saw Elsa lying on the floor. Assuming her to have also died and she took the baby, pretending she was hers and that her dead baby was Elsa's.
Claire and her husband, Bernard, accept that Lola is returned to Elsa. To start with, Elsa goes for a walk with Lola. The girl is surprised by the matter, but does not seem really shocked.
2008 in film
This is a list of all major films made in 2008.-Highest-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2008...
film, directed by Safy Nebbou. Retitled Angel of Mine for its 2009 English-language DVD release.
Plot
(based on a true story)In a hospital Elsa Valentin gives birth to a daughter, but the baby reportedly dies in a fire. Seven years later she is divorcing her husband, and they fight over who gets custody over their 12-year-old son Thomas.
When Elsa collects her son from a party, she sees the 7-year-old girl Lola, who she thinks is her daughter, Lucie. First Elsa keeps this to herself, but she uses every opportunity to see Lola and keep into contact with her; toward Claire, the mother, she pretends to be interested in buying the house of the family, which is for sale, so that she can inspect the house and thus see Lola. Next, she goes to ice-skating when Lola does with her mother. Elsa and Lola skate together, but they fall and Lola is lightly wounded. Furthermore, she goes to a ballet performance in which Lola participates, and stands on the side of the stage behind the curtains to watch her perform; Lola does not mind, it feels for her like Elsa supports her more than Claire does. Claire confronts Elsa with her stalking behaviour.
Later Elsa tells Claire her claim but Claire maintains Lola is her own daughter. Elsa asks for a DNA test but Claire refuses, after which Elsa sneaks into the house to search for a hair of Lola but loses it in a fight with Claire. Claire tells what happened to her husband who suggests to allow Elsa the DNA test; he argues that this will prove that Lola is not Elsa's daughter.
Eventually, Claire confesses to Elsa, then her husband, that seven years ago in the hospital her own daughter died in the fire from smoke inhalation. In another room, she heard a baby crying and saw Elsa lying on the floor. Assuming her to have also died and she took the baby, pretending she was hers and that her dead baby was Elsa's.
Claire and her husband, Bernard, accept that Lola is returned to Elsa. To start with, Elsa goes for a walk with Lola. The girl is surprised by the matter, but does not seem really shocked.
Cast
- Catherine FrotCatherine Frot-Early life:The daughter of an engineer and a mathematics teacher, Frot demonstrated comic traits and expressions at an early age. At the age of fourteen, she enrolled in the Versailles conservatory while still in school...
: Elsa Valentin - Sandrine BonnaireSandrine BonnaireSandrine Bonnaire is a French actress, who has appeared in more than 40 films including Hollywood movies.Bonnaire was born in the town of Gannat, Allier, in the Auvergne region. She was born into a working-class family, the seventh of eleven children. Her acting career began at the age of 16 in...
: Claire Vigneaux - Wladimir Yordanoff : Bernard Vigneaux
- Antoine ChappeyAntoine ChappeyAntoine Chappey is a French actor. He has appeared in over 80 films and television shows since 1989. He starred in the film Nelly, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
: Antoine - Michel Aumont : Alain Valentin
- Michèle Moretti : Colette
- Sophie QuintonSophie QuintonSophie Quinton is a French actress. She has played in a number of short films directed by Gérald Hustache-Mathieu, and starred in the 2003 film Who Killed Bambi?-Biography:...
: Laurence - Geneviève Rey-Penchenat : Mme Corlet
- Héloïse Cunin : Lola
- Arthur Vaughan-Whitehead : Thomas
- Zacharie Chasseriaud : Jérémy