If you loved Mildred Pierce, try Angels with Dirty Faces
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
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 Mildred Pierce, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Angels with Dirty Faces is
You grow up alongside a childhood friend in a tough neighborhood and then your paths diverge. The film leaves them with contrasting lives.
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