The Games of Angels
Animated short. Abstract forms in a setting evocative of a concentration camp created by the universe. Based on a series of paintings by the Polish artists and filmmaker Walerian Borowczyk, Les Jeux des Anges takes the viewer into a nightmarish and sinister labyrinth world. With images reminiscent of Bosch and Ernst and an abstract soundtrack the film evoke unspeakable horrors lurking at the heart Borowczyk's masterpiece. Borowczyk described the film himself as "A report on the city of angels."
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📋 Film Details
| Original Title | Les jeux des anges |
| Year | 1967 |
| Country | France |
| Genre | Animation |
| Director | Walerian Borowczyk |
| Runtime | 13 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 5.5/10 (49 votes) |
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Borowczyk constructs a nightmarish report from a universe of pure geometry and industrial sound, relying on abstract forms to evoke the machinery of suffering. It explores a sinister labyrinth where order itself becomes the instrument of horror.
What lingers after viewing is not a story, but a profound sensory imprint of cold, systematic dread—a vision of hell rendered through perfect, oppressive shapes. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Walerian Borowczyk
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Watch in darkness, with full attention, to be consumed by its abstract, oppressive geometry.
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