If you loved Les Anges aux figures sales, try Le Roman de Mildred Pierce
Un pont entre un film que tu as déjà vu et un que peu de gens ont croisé. Voici ce qu'ils partagent, et ce que le second fait que le premier ne fait pas.
Ce qu'ils partagent
Both films are directed by Michael Curtiz, and they both carry the bittersweet mood tag, and they sit in Crime / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Les Anges aux figures sales, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Le Roman de Mildred Pierce is
You bake pies for the rich by day and cry into the dough at night. Your daughter wants more than the diner serves. Then a detective leaves roses on your wet apron.

