Sophia Loren's Angela Movie Review

Sophia Loren's ANGELA is a gritty and dark 1978 film shot in Montreal, Canada. It is based on the life of a prostitute who becomes a waitress when she learns she is pregnant and needs to support her child. The father of the child returns from the Korean War, disbelieves that the little boy is his and arranges to have the baby kidnapped by his employer, a mob boss. Many years later, the boy (now a man) and the mother meet.

Angela is not a high quality film and is actually considered a subpar production which was passed onto video quickly. When I watched this movie on VHS, I wondered if the tape was bad or if the quality was bad initially and now I know that it was not just the quality of the actual videotape in my possession. Apparently, even the DVD version is not a crisp and clean movie. People find fault with the transfer from video to DVD but the fault, apparently, lies with the quality of the original movie.

Angela is available as part of a two-movie DVD set called The Sophia Loren Signature Collection or on its own as a VHS videotape. On this page, you'll find more information about the movie as well as sources to buy your copy.

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