Angel at Sea

2009 film

Angel at Sea

Directed by| Frédéric Dumont
Written by| Bernard Bellefroid
David Lambert
Produced by| Stéphane Lhoest
Barbara Shrier
Starring| Martin Nissen
Anne Consigny
Olivier Gourmet
Cinematography| Virginie Saint-Martin
Edited by| Glenn Berman
Music by| Luc Sicard

Release dates

* July 7, 2009 (2009-07-07) (KVIFF)
* February 3, 2010 (2010-02-03) (Belgium)

Running time

| 86 minutes
Countries| Belgium
Canada
Language| French

Angel at Sea (French: Un ange à la mer) is a 2009 drama film directed by Frédéric Dumont. The film follows Louis, a 12 year-old boy, who lives a happy life with his parents and older brother in southern Morocco. The pivotal moment in the film is Louis' severely depressed father makes a shockingly candid confession to the boy. Louis then becomes a "guardian angel", obsessively watching over his father.[1]

## Production

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The film was first released at the 44th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on 7 July 2009, where it won the Crystal Globe, the Don Quijote Award, and where Olivier Gourmet won the Best Actor Award. In 2010, it received two Jutra Award nominations for Best Editing (Glenn Berman) and Best Sound (Dominik Pagacz, Gavin Fernandes) at the 12th Jutra Awards,[2] and in 2011 two further nominations at the 1st Magritte Awards in Belgium.[3]

## References

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1. ^ "Angel at Sea". Variety (film review). 11 August 2009. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
2. ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Jutra 2010: les films phares de 2010 se partagent les prix". Films du Québec, March 29, 2010.
3. ^ "2011: les nominés". Les Magritte du cinema (in French). Académie André Delvaux. Archived from the original on 5 February 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

## External links

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* Angel at Sea at IMDb

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Crystal Globe winners

* The Last Stage (1948)
* The Battle of Stalingrad (1949)
* The Fall of Berlin (1950)
* Dream of a Cossack (1951)
* The Unforgettable Year 1919 (1952)
* True Friends – Salt of the Earth (1954)
* If All the Guys in the World (1956)
* Jagte Raho (1957)
* Stepbrothers – And Quiet Flows the Don (1958)
* Splendid Days (1960)
* Nine Days in One Year (1962)
* Accused (1964)
* No award (1966)
* Capricious Summer (1968)
* Kes (1970)
* Taming of the Fire (1972)
* A Lover's Romance (1974)
* Cantata de Chile (1976)
* White Bim Black Ear – Shadows of a Hot Summer (1978)
* The Fiancee (1980)
* Red Bells (1982)
* Leo Tolstoy (1984)
* A Street to Die (1986)
* Hibiscus Town (1988)
* No award (1990)
* Krapatchouk (1992)
* My Soul Brother (1994)
* The Ride (1995)
* Prisoner of the Mountains (1996)
* Ma vie en rose (1997)
* Streetheart (1998)
* Yana's Friends (1999)
* Me You Them (2000)
* Amélie (2001)
* Year of the Devil (2002)
* Facing Windows (2003)
* A Children's Story (2004)
* My Nikifor (2005)
* Sherrybaby (2006)
* Jar City (2007)
* Terribly Happy (2008)
* Angel at Sea (2009)
* The Mosquito Net (2010)
* Restoration (2011)
* The Almost Man (2012)
* The Notebook (2013)
* Corn Island (2014)
* Bob and the Trees (2015)
* It's Not the Time of My Life (2016)
* Little Crusader (2017)
* I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians (2018)
* The Father (2019)
* As Far as I Can Walk (2021)
* Summer with Hope (2022)
* Blaga's Lessons (2023)
* A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things (2024)
* Better Go Mad in the Wild (2025)

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