Angels and Demons of the City
L’Express: "This documentary has the strange beauty of Pasolini's early films.
Frédéric Laffont's film is a masterpiece that we would dream of seeing in the cinema.
There are no clichés here. Frédéric Laffont proves that there's no such thing as a hackneyed subject when it comes to passion."
Le Point: "The author, Frédéric Laffont, has written a scathing documentary. It's a slap in the face to good feelings and security prejudices."
Le Monde: "Filmed in La Mare Rouge, a aera with a bad reputation in the northern suburbs of Le Havre, this documentary is an extraordinary chronicle of the neighbourhood. Frédéric Laffont spent two months there. He was able to gain the trust of the young people who, in return, gave him powerful testimonies. With subtlety and humour, Anges et démons takes a fair, generous and merciless look at the suburbs and the people who live there."
Télérama: "There's a sense of hindsight in this frank look at successes and failures with a sensitive eye. And the film comes across as a tale of ordinary life, sincere, fair and deeply touching."
Le Monde (bis) : "A film without demagoguery, poignant and beautiful, not made to inspire pity. A lesson in humility."
Libération : "It could be a western or a gangster film, with rival gangs and sacred places of confrontation. Frédéric Laffont immersed himself for seven weeks in Le Havre to bring back a story where reality vies with the novel. The air of the suburbs as rarely seen... Raw, lived, and far from sad."
Editing : Jean-François Giré
Length: 1h31'
© Interscoop, France 3, 1994
Le Havre, cités de la Mare Rouge, Auchan, angels and demons...