Angel

Louise is left devastated when her partner, a stage magician, vanishes during a trick and never returns. Unable to cope with the loss, she is placed in a psychiatric hospital, where she gives birth nine months later to a son who is invisible. Fearing how the world would treat him, she raises the boy in isolation and keeps his existence hidden. Years on, the grown Angel meets Madeleine, a blind girl his own age, and the two become inseparable; because she cannot see him, he never has to explain himself to her. Their closeness is thrown into doubt when Madeleine learns she may soon regain her sight.

Angel is a Belgian comedy-drama with romantic elements, released in 2016 and running 80 minutes. It was directed by Harry Cleven, his second feature after Les Héritières in 2008, from a screenplay he wrote with Thomas Gunzig. Elina Löwensohn plays Louise, with Fleur Geffrier as Madeleine, François Vincentelli as the father, and Léo Lorléac'h, Maya Dory and Hannah Boudreau appearing among the younger roles.

The film drew modest audience scores of 6.1 out of 10 on IMDb, from over five hundred votes, and 6.3 out of 10 on TMDB, from a smaller sample of around sixty.