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The Exterminating Angels ()

Les anges exterminateurs (original title)
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A filmmaker holds a series of boundary-pushing auditions for his project about female pleasure.
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François
Maroussia Dubreuil ...
Charlotte
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Julie
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Stéphanie
Sophie Bonnet ...
La femme de François
Raphaële Godin ...
Apparition 1 / Rebecca
Margaret Zenou ...
Apparition 2
Jeanne Cellard ...
La grand-mère
Virginie Legeay ...
Virginie
Estelle Galarme ...
Olivia
Marine Danaux ...
Agnès
Apolline Louis ...
Céline
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L'ami de Stéphane
Christophe Maillard ...
Le producteur
Françoise Bonnet ...
La voisine escalier
Olivier Perrot ...
Le gendarme
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Un assistant tournage (uncredited)
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La maquilleuse (uncredited)
Aymeric Petit ...
Un machino (uncredited)
Georges Prat ...
L'ingénieur du son (uncredited)

Directed by

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Jean-Claude Brisseau

Written by

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Jean-Claude Brisseau ... ()

Produced by

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Lise Bellynck ... associate producer
Miléna Poylo ... producer
Gilles Sacuto ... producer

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Jean Musy

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Wilfrid Sempé

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María Luisa García

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Jean-Marc Grégeois ... color timer
Gwenaëlle Hubert ... assistant editor

Production Design by

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María Luisa García

Costume Design by

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María Luisa García

Makeup Department

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Betty Beauchamp ... makeup artist
Stéphanie Selva ... key makeup artist

Production Management

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Virginie Audouard ... unit manager
Christophe Desenclos ... production manager (as Christophe Désenclos)
Bruno Duron ... unit production manager
Nicolas Houlot ... assistant unit manager
Camille Rochette ... assistant unit manager
Cécile Rémy-Boutang ... administratrice de production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Virginie Legeay ... assistant director
Alexandre Poulichot ... assistant director
Mathilde Profit ... assistant director

Art Department

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Quentin Charrois ... set builder
Julia Echevarria y Figueroa ... second assistant art director
Eric Lingansch ... first assistant art director

Sound Department

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Frédéric Cattoni ... sound consultant: DTS
Jacques Descomps ... sound recordist
Patrick Egreteau ... foley artist
Cyril Jegou ... dialogue editor / sound editor (as Cyril Jégou)
Emmanuel Le Gall ... assistant sound
Bernard Le Roux ... sound mixer
Guillaume Pellerin ... trainee sound editor
Georges Prat ... sound
Veronica Valentini ... A.D.R

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Philippe Brindejonc ... additional electrician
David Chambille ... trainee assistant camera
Sébastien Courtain ... additional electrician
David Grinberg ... first assistant camera
Didier Larate ... additional electrician (as Didier Laratte)
Guillaume Leturgie ... electrician (as Guillaume Léturgie)
Aurore Lossouarn ... trainee electrician
Aymeric Petit ... trainee grip
Fabrice Rosaz ... additional electrician
Olivier Sargatal ... gaffer

Script and Continuity Department

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Mathilde Profit ... script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Alice Ormières ... production assistant
Cécile Rémy-Boutang ... production administrator

Thanks

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Christiane Lack ... thanks
Rebecca Zlotowski ... thanks

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Plot Summary

François is a film-maker, usually impassive and without affect. He's making a film about women's pleasure as they transgress taboos. He doesn't know that two fallen angels who've been sent to upend him are manipulating his interest. He interviews young women, video tapes screen tests, and selects several for the film. The erotic scenes with them generate off-screen dynamics that may overwhelm the project. His wife is at first ignorant of his venture, then she's put off, and then becomes his assistant. The fallen angels are always close at hand: is François's ruin inevitable? Written by

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Also Known As
  • Portraits nus (France)
  • The Exterminating Angels (Canada, English title)
  • The Exterminating Angels (Egypt, English title)
  • The Exterminating Angels (United States)
  • The Exterminating Angels (World-wide, English title)
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Did You Know?

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Trivia Lise Bellynck, Marie Allan and Maroussia Dubreuil, the three leading actresses, talked about the erotic auditions for this film: Bellynck said: "I did an erotic audition the first time I saw Jean-Claude. We went to the cafe, he said to me:" It's now or never ... " I said to myself: "What am I risking?" He wasn't going to rape me or kidnap me, I wasn't afraid of him. I thought about Secret Things (2002) and I dared. " Allan said: "We had a coffee, then we were in the set planned for the shoot, and I touched myself in front of him. I didn't really know if I was going to be able to do that, I'm a little embarrassed about my body. I really wanted to be taken, but also afraid to show myself to Brisseau. But I managed to fake an orgasm. " Dubreuil said: "My first attempt was with Lise. We played the first erotic scene of the film, as a duet, in the hotel room. I immediately felt that we were in a search, a job on eroticism, we weren't doing anything. In my head, there was no longer any question of me not being taken for the role. " See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Cinema According to Brisseau (2007). See more »
Soundtracks Sexy Ladies See more »
Quotes Apparition 1: You're 20. You're beautiful. You're young.The world's at your feet. You use your charms. But it doesn't last. You become less beautiful. Your hold on people starts to weaken. There's always someone who makes you pay the price.
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