I confess, I did not heed the warnings. I just saw this movie and frankly, it could be used as an example of what NOT to do when making a movie.
Virginie Ledoyen (The Beach) plays a maid sent to clean up an abandoned orphanage. Her character is supposed to have a mysterious past but we already know what it is because it is revealed quickly. This French actress, who once had a promising career in the mid-90's but has since gone down into the gutter, does a terrible job in this film, which is suffice it to say, the worst film she has ever done. Granted she's done only 2 good films in her entire 20 year career. But you can't blame her completely for this movie because she wasn't given much to work with.
Lou Doillon (Blanche) plays the oldest orphan who has to stay there because she is too troubled and too old to leave. Her performance I liked. She played the mystery more effectively than Ledoyen whose acting is very flat and dull. Doillon on the other hand, is a more convincing and talented actress with great potential. The daughter of famous parents, Doillon brings great sympathy to her character.
The director is apparently a former assistant who was given a break by Christophe Gans (Brotherhood of the Wolf) whose judgement as a producer I severely question if he passes out these favours to his undeserving friends. The directing of this movie was incredibly poor and the script was even worse. Not much more to say except that for the audience's sake, let us hope this is the last movie we see from the director of Saint Ange.
I won't even go into the zombie children and the cheap thrills that this movie tries to achieve but the ending was as bad as can be expected after sitting through the rest. This is clearly a B-movie but we still come to expect some quality and redeeming virtues from B-movies. Saint Ange has none of the above.
Virginie Ledoyen (The Beach) plays a maid sent to clean up an abandoned orphanage. Her character is supposed to have a mysterious past but we already know what it is because it is revealed quickly. This French actress, who once had a promising career in the mid-90's but has since gone down into the gutter, does a terrible job in this film, which is suffice it to say, the worst film she has ever done. Granted she's done only 2 good films in her entire 20 year career. But you can't blame her completely for this movie because she wasn't given much to work with.
Lou Doillon (Blanche) plays the oldest orphan who has to stay there because she is too troubled and too old to leave. Her performance I liked. She played the mystery more effectively than Ledoyen whose acting is very flat and dull. Doillon on the other hand, is a more convincing and talented actress with great potential. The daughter of famous parents, Doillon brings great sympathy to her character.
The director is apparently a former assistant who was given a break by Christophe Gans (Brotherhood of the Wolf) whose judgement as a producer I severely question if he passes out these favours to his undeserving friends. The directing of this movie was incredibly poor and the script was even worse. Not much more to say except that for the audience's sake, let us hope this is the last movie we see from the director of Saint Ange.
I won't even go into the zombie children and the cheap thrills that this movie tries to achieve but the ending was as bad as can be expected after sitting through the rest. This is clearly a B-movie but we still come to expect some quality and redeeming virtues from B-movies. Saint Ange has none of the above.