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Saint Ange (2004)

Saint Ange poster
Directed by
Pascal Laugier
Genre
drama film, horror film, ghost film
Country
Romania, France
Runtime
1h 38m
Rated
R
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 195 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A pregnant woman takes a job as a housekeeper at a remote orphanage in the French Alps in 1958. She starts looking into the deaths of war orphans from World War II with help from a woman who grew up there.

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What happens

Saint Ange (also known as House of Voices) is a 2004 supernatural horror film written and directed by Pascal Laugier in his feature film debut, and starring Virginie Ledoyen, Catriona MacColl, Lou Doillon, and Dorina Lazăr. The film is set 1958 at an isolated orphanage in the French Alps. A pregnant woman is hired as the new housekeeper, though most of the orphans were moved elsewhere following a recent death. The housekeeper investigates the suspicious deaths of war orphans during World War II, working with an adult orphan who has remained in the orphanage since the war. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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