Product Details

• Actors: Michalis Maniatis, Dionysis Xanthos, Katerina Helmy, Vasilis Tsaglos, Maria Alkeou
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Water Bearer
• DVD Release Date: May 26, 2000
• Run Time: 120 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305901430
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #240,692 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Angel" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Review

Based on a real life crime case, Angel is a bold, realistic, sensitive and skillfully made film. --Variety

Product Description

Angel is George Katakouzinos' ground breaking, boldly told tragedy of innocence betrayed. The first openly gay film in Greek history to have received major theatrical distribution both domestically and abroad. Angel has garnered both international and critical acclaim and numerous prestigious international awards including Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Screenplay prizes at the Greek equivalent of the Oscars, Thessalonkiki Film Festival 1982. Angel, a young handsome Athenian attempts to escape his abusive father and the grinding poverty of his daily life by falling in love with a macho sailor who promises Angel a better life. But survival on the margins proves risky and difficult so Angels' lover persuades him to work the streets as a transvestite prostitute in order to make ends meet. After a series of dangerous and humiliating encounters, Angel revolts in a sudden burst of shocking and cathartic violence. Set in a Greece Tourists rarely see, Angel beautifully spotlights a nocturnal Athens of street hustlers and garish bars. Seen by almost one Greek in twenty, Angel is one of the most successful films in Greek History.

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Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Groundbreaking Greek movie., June 21, 2009

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This review is from: Angel (DVD)

I first saw this movie when it opened in NY in the 80's, just watched again on Netflix and after a fast and furious search, found it on Amazon and got it for my personal collection. Based on a real life murder, this film helped rally support for the young murderer from Greeks of all walks of life, including Melina Mercouri. It may hurt today's politically correct gay sensibilities, but the fact is that it broke new ground in terms of Greek cinematography, and opened up a discussion on gays as victims rather than predators.

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3.0 out of 5 stars This is NOT Neil Jordan's Angel., November 30, 2001

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This review is from: Angel (DVD)

This is Greek film, Not Neil Jordan's film.