In early 18th century an African slave boy is chosen by a European countess to be baptized and educated. Reaching adulthood, Angelo achieves prominence and soon becomes the Viennese court mascot until he decides to secretly marry a white woman.
Festivals
- Toronto International Film Festival 2018
- San Sebastián Festival 2018
- Zurich Film Festival 2018
- Busan International Film Festival 2018
- BFI London Film Festival 2018
- Viennale 2018
- Torino Film Festival 2018
- Marrakech International Film Festival 2018
- Göteborg Film Festival 2019
- Luxembourg City Film Festival 2019
- Istanbul Film Festival 2019
- Filmfest München 2019
- New Horizons International Film Festival 2019
Labels & Line Ups
Credits
- Cast
- Alba Rohrwacher
- Christian Friedel
- Michael Rotschopf
- Gerti Drassl
- Dominic Marcus Singer
- Marisa Growaldt
- Makita Samba
- Lukas Miko
- Éric Gigout
- Daniel Hoesl
- Screenplay
- Markus Schleinzer
- Alexander Brom
- Cinematography
- Gerald Kerkletz
- Editing
- Pia Dumont
- Festival Bookings
- AUSTRIAN FILMS
- Sales
- PLAYTIME
- Production
- NOVOTNY & NOVOTNY FILMPRODUCTION
- Production
- AMOUR FOU LUXEMBOURG
Press
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[Schleinzer's] tartly brilliant second feature is awash with slow-building irony, though as with his first, there's precious little mirth in its devastating kicker.
Markus Schleinzer
Austria
Born in Vienna in 1971, worked as a casting director from 1994 to 2010. During this time he participated in over 60 feature-film projects, including Jessica Hausner’s LOVELY RITA, HOTEL and LOURDES, Ulrich Seidl’s DOG DAYS, Benjamin Heisenberg’s SLEEPER and THE ROBBER, Shirin Neshat’s WOMEN WITHOUT MEN, and Michael Haneke’s THE PIANO PLAYER, TIME OF THE WOLF and THE WHITE RIBBON. MICHAEL is his first feature film that premiered in Cannes IFF Competition. His second feature film ANGELO premiered in TIFF.
