Angela DVD

Angela
Roberta Torre's Angela is a love story set in the mob world. Angela (Donatella Finocchiaro) is a woman devoted to her older gangster husband, Saro (Mario Pupella). When Masino (Andrea Di Stefano) goes to work for Saro, Angela and Masino begin an affair. Their illicit relationship is discovered when the cops raid the shoe store where she works. The police offer to destroy the evidence of her affair if she will turn on her husband, but she refuses. Angela was screened during the Directors Fortnight at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

Cast Donatella Finocchiaro as Angela Andrea Di Stefano as Masino Mario Pupella as Saro Erasmo Lobello as Tony Gambino as Matteo Gulino as Giuseppe Pettinato as Maria Mistretta as

Crew Enrico Serafini - Costume Designer Roberta Torre - Director Roberto Missiroli - Editor Roberto Alchimede - Executive Producer Andrea Guerra - Composer (Music Score) Enrico Serafini - Production Designer Daniele Cipri - Cinematographer Lierka Ruisic - Producer Rita Rusic - Producer Cinzia Alchimede - Sound/Sound Designer Roberta Torre - Screenwriter

Angela
Angela is a well-made mafia drama, rich in atmosphere and filled with strong, naturalistic performances, but the story itself isn't particularly exciting. Told predominantly from a woman's point-of-view (that of the title character, a mob boss' wife played by Donatella Finocchiaro), it plays out a little bit too slowly and without much incident, more like a reverie than the slice-of-mafia-life it seems to promise. Writer/director Roberta Torre shot her film on the streets of Palermo, filling only the lead roles with professional actors, so it does have an authentically gritty atmosphere. Finocchiaro has charisma to burn, and delivers an excellent, low-key performance as the conflicted wife. The actress and the locations are the film's strongest selling points, and Torre makes the most of both. Andrea Di Stefano (Before Night Falls) is also very effective as Angela's seducer, Masino. It's an effective exercise in gender reversal, particularly in this tough milieu, to have Masino be such an empty-headed, pretty femme fatale type, and the object of the camera's fetishistic gaze. In fact, in every aspect but its fairly tepid and predictable plot, Angela offers an interesting, slightly skewed take on the gangland tale. ~ Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide
 

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General Specifications: Language Options: Italian Subtitle Options: English Sound Processing: DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel 2: PCM stereo Additional Features: Scene selections Previews Spanish subtitles MPAA Rating: R DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: Content Length: 95 min   DVD Chapters: Disc #1 -- Angela 1. Palermo, 1984 [8:52] 2. Jewelry [8:07] 3. Watched [8:43] 4. Assistance [7:55] 5. Downpour [9:28] 6. Warmth [8:33] 7. Snapshots [7:13] 8. Imprisoned [10:00] 9. Phone Call [10:20] 10. Lover's Kiss [5:14] 11. Walking Away [2:44] 12. End Credits [3:47]