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Plot

As directed by Richard Dembo, the period adventure drama L'Instinct de l'ange (Angel's Wing) unfurls in early 20th century France, where Henry, a wealthy young Frenchman from an aristocratic family, undergoes an extensive cure for tuberculosis at a sanitarium and gets released soon afterward. He longs to join the French flying corps of the Great War - then raging across Europe - but is promptly rejected given the checkered history of his health. Never one to swallow such rejections, Henry - who learned to fly years earlier of his own accord - promptly joins a local fighting squadron and racks up a litany of air victories, which piques the suspicion of his military colleagues.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Action,Drama,War
Run Time:
113min.
DVD Release Date:
10/14/2008
Director(s):
Richard Dembo
Starring:
Lambert Wilson , François Cluzet , Jean-Louis Trintignant , Hélène Vincent
Themes:
Keeping a Secret,Hotshots
Keywords:
aviation,flying-ace,pilot,rejection,sanitarium,tuberculosis,world-war
Language:
French