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THE EXTERMINATING ANGELS
A La Sorciere Rouge and TS Productions production with the support of the Centre National de la Cinematographie and of CineCinema in association with the Sofica Soficinema 2
International Premiere:Official Selection, Director's Fortnight, Cannes Film Festival 2006
Writer/Director:Jean-Claude Brisseau
Starring:Frederic Van Den Driessche
Maroussia Dubreuil
Lise Bellynck
Marie Allan
Raphaele Godin
Magaret Zenou
Producers:Jean-Claude Brisseau
Milena Poylo
Gilles Sacuto
International Sales:Rezo Films International
UK Distributor:Axiom Films
Country: France
Genre: Drama/Erotic
Year of Production: 2006
Format: 35mm
Running Time: 99 minutes
Certificate: 18
DVD Release date: 27th April 2009

THE EXTERMINATING ANGELS is the second part of filmmaker provocateur Jean-Claude Brisseau's (Choses Secretes, A L'Aventure) startling trilogy exploring societal taboos.

Director Francois (Frederic van den Driessche) is fascinated by the mystery surrounding women and sexual pleasure. Intent on making a film about the subject, he auditions a series of actresses, encouraging them to enact their most secret, forbidden desires. Watched over by two fallen angels, Francois' immersion into the world of his performers' fantasies threatens to destroy him.

Brisseau's sexually charged film, whose philosophical inquiry into pleasures of the flesh is often leavened by his sly humour, is a provocative and intense experience.
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"outrageous"
Peter Bradshaw, THE GUARDIAN

"a cerebral skin flick... Suave and salacious"
A. O. Scott, NEW YORK TIMES

"unabashedly erotic... the execution is hypnotic"
CHICAGO TRIBUNE

THE EXTERMINATING ANGELS is the second part of filmmaker provocateur Jean-Claude Brisseau's (Choses Secretes, A l'Aventure) startling trilogy exploring societal taboos.

Director Francois (Frederic van den Driessche) is fascinated by the mystery surrounding women and sexual pleasure. Intent on making a film about the subject, he auditions a series of actresses, encouraging them to enact their most secret, forbidden desires. Watched over by two fallen angels, Francois' immersion into the world of his performers' fantasies threatens to destroy him.

Brisseau's sexually charged film, whose philosophical inquiry into pleasures of the flesh is often leavened by his sly humour, is a provocative and intense experience.

Bonus features include an interview with director Jean-Claude Brisseau and editor Maria Luisa Garcia, a deleted scene, with an introduction by Brisseau, and stills gallery.


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"outrageous"
Peter Bradshaw, THE GUARDIAN

"a cerebral skin flick... Suave and salacious"
A. O. Scott, NEW YORK TIMES

"frequently funny, authentically arousing"
VARIETY

"unabashedly erotic... the execution is hypnotic"
CHICAGO TRIBUNE

"not since Basic Instinct has a modern noir gotten so playfully aroused by straight-male sexual phobia"
THE VILLAGE VOICE

"Brisseau calculatedly offsets the silliness of the surreal elements and the earnestness applied to the sex by savoring the overall absurdity."
LA TIMES