Bay of Angels

Director: Jaques Demy, Jaques Demy

1963 / 90min / DCP

Somber and seductive, Demy’s downbeat romantic drama largely takes place in the casinos of the Côte d’Azur, where platinum blonde compulsive gambler Jeanne Moreau risks her roll nightly at the roulette wheels, and hopelessly smitten bank clerk Claude Mann follows her to the precipice of disaster. A film about blind love and other obsessive destructive behaviors, with a lush and aptly repetitive musical refrain courtesy of composer Michel Legrand.