# Once Upon an Angel > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Once_Upon_an_Angel > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Once_Upon_an_Angel.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_an_Angel > Source revision: 1350156374 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Once Upon an Angel | image = Peau d'ange.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [Vincent Perez](/source/Vincent_Perez) | screenplay = {{Plainlist| * Karine Silla * Vincent Perez * Jérôme Tonnerre }} {{Infobox|decat=yes|child=yes|label1=Dialogue by|data1=Karine Silla}} | producer = [Virginie Silla](/source/Virginie_Silla) | starring = {{Plainlist| * Morgane Moré * [Guillaume Depardieu](/source/Guillaume_Depardieu) * Magali Woch * Karine Silla * Hélène de Saint-Père * Stéphane Boucher * [Michel Vuillermoz](/source/Michel_Vuillermoz) * Esse Lawson * Maryline Even }} | cinematography = Philippe Pavans de Ceccatty | editing = Laurence Briaud | music = Replicant{{cite web|url=http://www.alexandre-azaria.com/biography-biographie/biography|title=Biography // Biographie|website=Alexandre-Azaria.com|access-date=4 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120124105759/http://www.alexandre-azaria.com/biography-biographie/biography|archive-date=24 January 2012|quote=In 2002, he composed the score of the Vincent Perez film, ''Peau d'Ange'' (''Once upon an Angel'')...}} | studio = {{Plainlist| * [EuropaCorp](/source/EuropaCorp) * Buffalo Films * [TF1 Films Production](/source/TF1_Films_Production) }} | distributor = EuropaCorp | released = {{Film date|df=yes|2002|8|24|[Montreal](/source/Montreal_World_Film_Festival)|2002|10|9|France}} | runtime = 85 minutes | country = France | language = French | budget = €4.3 million }} '''''Once Upon an Angel''''' (French: '''''Peau d'ange''''', {{lit|Angel Skin}}) is a 2002 French [romantic drama](/source/romantic_drama) film directed by [Vincent Perez](/source/Vincent_Perez), starring Morgane Moré and [Guillaume Depardieu](/source/Guillaume_Depardieu). ==Plot== Grégoire reluctantly returns to the countryside in order to oversee his mother's funeral. Being back in the small town where he was raised upsets him, as he is not ready yet to accept the fact his mother died. While looking for some comfort and solace, he meets a maid named Angèle. He manages to impress her by making up he was an important manager, although he only has a minor position in a cosmetics company. After they have spent the night in a hotel, he just leaves her but she cannot forget him, in particular because he was her first lover at all. Subsequently, she follows him and even manages to get hired as the maid of one of his colleagues. However, she then has to realise that Grégoire is about to become the son-in-law of his boss. Angèle observes how he is going to marry another woman for other reasons than love. ==Cast== * {{ill|Morgane Moré|fr}} as Angèle * [Guillaume Depardieu](/source/Guillaume_Depardieu) as Grégoire * [Dominique Blanc](/source/Dominique_Blanc_(actress)) as Sister Augustine * {{ill|Karine Silla|fr}} as Laure * {{ill|Magali Woch|fr}} as Josiane * [Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi](/source/Valeria_Bruni-Tedeschi) as Angèle's solicitor * [Olivier Gourmet](/source/Olivier_Gourmet) as Faivre * [Marine Delterme](/source/Marine_Delterme) as Faivre's wife * [Michel Vuillermoz](/source/Michel_Vuillermoz) as Grégoire's uncle * {{ill|Esse Lawson|fr}} as Amira * [Hélène de Saint-Père](/source/H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne_de_Saint-P%C3%A8re) as Ms Artaud * [Laurent Terzieff](/source/Laurent_Terzieff) as Mr Grenier * {{ill|Maryline Even|fr}} as Jocelyne * [André Marcon](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Marcon) as Angèle's father * {{ill|Stéphane Boucher|fr}} as Doctor Artaud ==Release== ''Once Upon an Angel'' premiered at the [Montreal World Film Festival](/source/Montreal_World_Film_Festival) on 24 August 2002, and was screened at the [Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur](/source/Festival_International_du_Film_Francophone_de_Namur) on 28 September 2002. The film was released in France on 9 October 2002. An English subtitled [direct-to-video](/source/direct-to-video) version, including a [making-of](/source/making-of), a soundtrack, deleted scenes, a [film poster](/source/film_poster) and two [short film](/source/short_film)s, was released on 28 May 2003. ==Accolades== At the [Cabourg Film Festival](/source/Cabourg_Film_Festival) 2003, Moré was awarded the Swann d'Or for Best Actress. ==Critical response== {{Blockquote|Vincent Perez makes an interesting behind-the-camera debut with ''Once Upon an Angel'', a smartly put together, well-cast romantic drama that just needed a little more work on the script. Tale of a simple farm girl who loses her virginity to – but not her love for – a more emotionally complex, ambitious young man doesn't add up to a great deal, but features good perfs by leads Morgane More and Guillaume Depardieu |Derek Elley – [Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))[https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117918546?refcatid=31 Film Review "Once Upon An Angel"]}} {{Blockquote|Perez, who co-wrote the screenplay with wife, Karine Silla (Laure Grenier in the film), directs with a restraint that elegantly counterbalances the material. Although we can see the direction the film is taking, the plot devices, contrivances and import of the each scene are so understated that their impact isn't fully realised until the end-titles roll. When you reach that point, the full force of the film becomes apparent.|Noel Megahey – ''The Digital Fix''[http://homecinema.thedigitalfix.com/content.php?contentid=5408 Peau d'Ange (2002) Region 2 DVD Video Review]}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{IMDb title|0284387}} * [http://www.vincentperez.com/peaudange.html ''Peau d'Ange''] on Vincent Perez' official website {{Vincent Perez}} Category:2002 films Category:2002 directorial debut films Category:2002 romantic drama films Category:EuropaCorp films Category:Films directed by Vincent Pérez Category:Films produced by Virginie Besson-Silla Category:Films shot in France Category:2002 French-language films Category:French romantic drama films Category:2002 French films Category:French-language romantic drama films --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Once Upon an Angel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_an_Angel) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_an_Angel?action=history)). 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