1943 Movie:les Anges Du Peche

[brandelynmarie]

[i]Angels of the Streets. [/i]A French movie with English subtitles. (From what I understand, a Dominican priest was available for consultation during filming, hence you will see many Dominican customs including the venia.)

Rich, young Ann-Marie thinks she has found her vocation when she joins the Dominicans of Bethanie. The convent specialises in rehabilitating female prisoners, and Anne-Marie becomes especially fascinated with Therese, trying to get her to join the convent to redeem her for her sins - but Therese protests her innocence...


I won't tell what happens next...but please enjoy!


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Edited October 11, 2011 by brandelynmarie

[brandelynmarie]

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Edited October 11, 2011 by brandelynmarie

[brandelynmarie]

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[brandelynmarie]

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[Rocamadour]

Beautiful movie! Thx for sharing!

[Aya Sophia]

Wow - thanks for this! Familiar with the director but hadn't heard of the film - looking fwd to it . . .

[Lisa]

fantastic! An excellent way to "waste" an hour and a half!

[brandelynmarie]

It is most definitely a movie of the 1940's, but I have enjoyed watching it & I am glad others are enjoying it too. What I do find funny is that they chant the Salve at different times, almost as if the actresses only had time to learn that one chant!

[brandelynmarie]

[quote name='Aya Sophia' timestamp='1318365537' post='2319799']
Wow - thanks for this! Familiar with the director but hadn't heard of the film - looking fwd to it . . .
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Could you recommend any other movies by this director?

[brandelynmarie]

Bumpski For those of you interested in the Dominicans of Bethany &/or 1940's French movies with English subtitles.

[sistersintigo]

[quote name='brandelynmarie' timestamp='1318296931' post='2319460']
[i]Angels of the Streets. [/i]A French movie with English subtitles. (From what I understand, a Dominican priest was available for consultation during filming, hence you will see many Dominican customs including the venia.)
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By the way:
Les Anges Du Peche literally means The Angels of Sin.
This was more or less the first feature film for this director, and he was kind of hired in order to collaborate with several writers/producers.
It interests me somewhat, that after this project, the director pretty much insisted on doing everything himself -- his other films are totally his babies, he does the producing, the writing, the casting, and so on.
So much so that this film is considered atypical for him.

[brandelynmarie]

No kidding! I wondered about the translation since I would see, "O Mary conçu sans péché, priez pour nous qui ont recours à vous" on my one miraculous medals that I had from Switzerland. Thanks sistersintigo.

Edited October 24, 2011 by brandelynmarie

[brandelynmarie]

Bumpski so I can find it more easily!





I this movie...

[MoniC]

Thanks for sharing this movie- I loved it!

[brandelynmarie]

It's amazing what I find on youtube when I'm bored.


Hey, to PM!

[BarbTherese]

This movie really started to hook me into the story!

[juchu]

Here is another movie that reminded me of it!

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[brandelynmarie]

at the "flying" angel


Thanks for sharing...they don't really make movies like this anymore.


It sounds like it is based on the Benedictines in Bethlehem, Connecticut. Edited December 7, 2011 by brandelynmarie

[MoniC]

I did some research on the community of which the "Angels of the Streets" was based. They are the Dominican Sisters of Bethany and to this day have convents in Europe. I believe they still accept former prisoners and penitents into their community, which was their founding charism. It looks like they are very contemplative. They wear the full Dominican habit but with a modified veil, much like the Dominican sisters in Nashville and Ann Arbor. Two of their sisters left the community (exclaustrated) and came to the US to found something similar but they don't wear habits, at least not yet. They are a Public Association under a bishop and are called the Community of the Resurection. These sisters are more active and have a prison ministry. The links should appear if you Google their names.

[she_who_is_not]

I'll have to watch this. I'm a little in love with the Dominicans of Bethany.