All of TVGuide.com Videos Only

Fallen Angels Paradise

1999, Movie, NR, 100 mins

Fallen Angels Paradise: Review

FALLEN ANGELS PARADISE | GANNAT AL SHAYATEEN | LE PARADIS DES ANGES DECHUS | PARADISE OF FALLEN ANGELS | PARADISE OF THE FALLEN ANGELS, THE

A coarse and unappealing black comedy from Egypt, purportedly inspired by Jorge Amado's classic novella Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands but closer in tone to corpse-abuse comedy WEEKEND AT BERNIE'S. Late one night, in a disreputable café on the seedy side of Cairo, a homeless drunk (Mahmoud Hemieda) is found dead in his chair, his head thrown back in a rictus grin, the victim of an apparent overdose. The dead man was known by the thieves and prostitutes who called him friend a... read more leave a comment