Synopsis
A 1903 Finnish painting represents two children carrying an angel on a stretcher.
This image is an enigma because its author has never explained it.
Today, The Wounded Angel is the Finnish people’s favorite painting, and acts like a catharsis for them.
To understand the image’s power of fascination, the film undertakes an investigation throughout the country. It questions the mysteries of the human soul, of death and the existence of angels.
Melancholy, hope, humanism, and Nordic shamanism come together to resolve the enigma of The Wounded Angel.
An investigation that gathers together confessions and symbolist visions.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (2)
- Co-production : Mezzanine Films
- Foreign production company : Making Movies
Full credits (7)
- Screenwriter : Jean Michel Roux
- Director of Photography : Joonas Pulkkanen
- Music Composers : Tapani Rinne, Biosphère
- Editor : Denis Bedlow
- Sound Recordist : Svante Colérus
- Foreign producers : Kai Nordberg, Kaarle Aho
- Co-producer : Mathieu Bompoint
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Documentary
- Production language : Finnish
- Coproducer countries : Finland, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 2017
- French release :
- Runtime : 1 h 30 min
- Current status :
- Approval :
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 2.35
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
News & awards
Selections (1)
About
Angel of the North is the first feature in the Finnish language directed by a French person.
The film was selected for the Best Documentary at the Jussi Awards in Finland.
