Someone asked how this movie ever got made. I've worked on French movies made in collaboration with Canada and vice versa and I know the state funds all of these movies. The process is simple and all you need to get the movie made is for it to be in French and/or with French actors. That's all. You could have a stupid script and a nobody director and they'll still make it because people at the culture ministry don't care about the quality, as long as "the French culture is preserved in movies." That's the only requirement. Having said that ...
I just saw "Saint Ange" and have come to the conclusion that this state system only guarantees that we get to see more bad movies from France. We have bad movies coming from Quebec too let me tell you, but none as low or as horrible as "Saint Ange."
This is not a slasher horror movie. It does have blood and zombies and deaths, but it is not scary in the slightest. In fact, it really isn't anything but a slapdash of scenes that drag on with incoherence and boredom. You would be more entertained at the Disneyland Haunted House attraction than sitting through this.
There are no stars and no great actors in this movie, but most horror movies are known for having no-names or amateurish wannabe actors who can't act anyway. "Saint Ange" is no exception. Ledoyen is better known for her L'Oreal advertisements, and Doillon is better known for her Morgan advertisements. "Saint Ange" is like the French version of "House of Wax" in terms of quality but it's even a lot worse because it takes itself seriously. When a below average movie tries to take itself too seriously, then it only becomes worse.
The psychological aspects of the story were shallow but were explained thoroughly in my opinion. I think the confusion lies more in the director's total lack of discernment in the story. He does not know whose story he wants to tell, and how he wants to tell it. The characters are all one- dimensional and the plot was recycled.
The acting was absurd overall. But I will give some recognition to Lou Doillon who plays Judith the orphan. She acted the part with ease and her English was the most comprehensible of the entire cast. In fact, I could only understand Doillon and Catriona McColl, because the English of Virginie Ledoyen and that other actress who plays the cook were so heavily accented that I had to turn on the English subtitles whenever they started to speak.
I just saw "Saint Ange" and have come to the conclusion that this state system only guarantees that we get to see more bad movies from France. We have bad movies coming from Quebec too let me tell you, but none as low or as horrible as "Saint Ange."
This is not a slasher horror movie. It does have blood and zombies and deaths, but it is not scary in the slightest. In fact, it really isn't anything but a slapdash of scenes that drag on with incoherence and boredom. You would be more entertained at the Disneyland Haunted House attraction than sitting through this.
There are no stars and no great actors in this movie, but most horror movies are known for having no-names or amateurish wannabe actors who can't act anyway. "Saint Ange" is no exception. Ledoyen is better known for her L'Oreal advertisements, and Doillon is better known for her Morgan advertisements. "Saint Ange" is like the French version of "House of Wax" in terms of quality but it's even a lot worse because it takes itself seriously. When a below average movie tries to take itself too seriously, then it only becomes worse.
The psychological aspects of the story were shallow but were explained thoroughly in my opinion. I think the confusion lies more in the director's total lack of discernment in the story. He does not know whose story he wants to tell, and how he wants to tell it. The characters are all one- dimensional and the plot was recycled.
The acting was absurd overall. But I will give some recognition to Lou Doillon who plays Judith the orphan. She acted the part with ease and her English was the most comprehensible of the entire cast. In fact, I could only understand Doillon and Catriona McColl, because the English of Virginie Ledoyen and that other actress who plays the cook were so heavily accented that I had to turn on the English subtitles whenever they started to speak.