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* BeardOfSorrow: When he comes back from the war as a one-legged ShellShockedVeteran, Esmé sports a beard.
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* HomoeroticSubtext: Nora, Angel's female secretary, gets jealous when Angel starts seeing Esmé. Later, Esmé tells Theo that Nora is in love with Angel. Esmé is also jealous of Nora: he tells Angel that the house is not big enough for the two of them after he sees Angel hugging Nora. He also tells that Angel does not like men and would be better alone with Nora. Later, it is said explicitly that Nora loves Angel more than Esmé.
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* HomoeroticSubtext: Nora, Angel's female secretary, gets jealous when Angel starts seeing Esmé. Later, Esmé tells Theo that Nora is in love with Angel. Esmé is also jealous of Nora: he tells Angel that the house is not big enough for the two of them after he sees Angel hugging Nora. He also tells that Angel does not like men and would be better alone with Nora. Later, it There is said explicitly a scene where Nora massage the back of a naked Angel. On her deathbed, Angel tells that Nora loves is the only person who truly loved her.
* IDidntTellYouBecauseYoudBeUnhappy: Nora does not tell Angelmore than Esmé.that she saw Esmé in London with her mistress to protect Angel's feelings. She even claims that Esmé never had a leave during the war.
* IDidntTellYouBecauseYoudBeUnhappy: Nora does not tell Angel
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* SanitySlippage: Angel's sanity deteriorates progressively. It gets worse after the death of her husband and still worse when she realizes that he had a mistress. When she visits Angelica, her clothes reveal that she is out of touch with reality.
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* SanitySlippage: Angel's sanity deteriorates progressively. It gets worse after the death of her husband and still worse when she realizes that he her husband had a mistress. When she visits Angelica, her clothes reveal that she is out of touch with reality.
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* AnimalMotifs: Angel buys peacocks for the park of "Paradise". She even throws a peacock feather in Esmé's grave. Peacocks are a symbol of vanity.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: During the war, Nora goes to London to meet Theo in a bar. Her brother Esmé happens to be on leave at that time and to be in the same bar, with his mistress, at the same time as Nora and Theo.
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* ForcefulKiss: After Esmé announces that he enlisted, Angel is angry at him and Esmé forces her to kiss him.
* GoldDigger: Esmé never loved Angel. He married her because she wanted to get married with him and she was very rich.
* HomoeroticSubtext: Nora, Angel's female secretary, gets jealous when Angel starts seeing Esmé. Later, Esmé tells Theo that Nora is in love with Angel. Esmé is also jealous of Nora: he tells Angel that the house is not big enough for the two of them after he sees Angel hugging Nora. Later, it is said explicitly that Nora loves Angel more than Esmé.
* GoldDigger: Esmé never loved Angel. He married her because she wanted to get married with him and she was very rich.
* HomoeroticSubtext: Nora, Angel's female secretary, gets jealous when Angel starts seeing Esmé. Later, Esmé tells Theo that Nora is in love with Angel. Esmé is also jealous of Nora: he tells Angel that the house is not big enough for the two of them after he sees Angel hugging Nora. Later, it is said explicitly that Nora loves Angel more than Esmé.
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* HomoeroticSubtext: Nora, Angel's female secretary, gets jealous when Angel starts seeing Esmé. Later, Esmé tells Theo that Nora is in love with Angel. Esmé is also jealous of Nora: he tells Angel that the house is not big enough for the two of them after he sees Angel hugging Nora. He also tells that Angel does not like men and would be better alone with Nora. Later, it is said explicitly that Nora loves Angel more than Esmé.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Angel is totally self-centred. She does not care about the others' feeling. Actually, she does not even realize that others have feelings. For example, she does not let her mother see Aunt Lottie one last time before dying. When one of the servants is sobbing because her boyfriend, the gardener, enlisted, Angel complains about the noise and tells that she will not hire the gardener back if he comes back from the war.
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* LawOfInverseFertility: Angel cannot have children. When she gets pregnant, she has a miscarriage.
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* LawOfInverseFertility: Angel cannot have children, even if her husband, Esmé, wants to have children. When she gets pregnant, she has a miscarriage.miscarriage.
* TheLoinsSleepTonight: When he is back from the war, Esmé would like to have sex with Angel, but he cannot, because he sees dead bodies when he tries to.
* TheLoinsSleepTonight: When he is back from the war, Esmé would like to have sex with Angel, but he cannot, because he sees dead bodies when he tries to.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: After the war, Esmé, who has lost a leg, becomes an alcoholic and he gets violent with his wife. This change is only partly caused by the horrors of the war: his relationship with Angelica deteriorates and he cannot stand any more his life in "Paradise".
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* ShellShockedVeteran: After the war, Esmé, who has lost a leg, sees dead bodies when he closes his eyes. He becomes an alcoholic and he gets violent with his wife. This change is only partly caused by the horrors of the war: his relationship with Angelica deteriorates and he cannot stand any more his life in "Paradise".
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* SpitefulSpit: After Esmé announces that he enlisted and gives Angel a ForcefulKiss, Angel spits at his face.
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* TakeThatKiss: After Esmé announces that he enlisted, Angel is angry at him and Esmé forces her to kiss him.
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* ForcefulKiss: After Esmé announces that he enlisted, Angel is angry at him and Esmé forces her to kiss him.
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* HomoeroticSubtext: Nora, Angel's female secretary, gets jealous when Angel starts seeing Esmé. Later, Esmé tells Theo that Nora is in love with Angel. After Angel marries Esmé, it is said explicitly that Nora loves Angel more than Esmé. Esmé is also jealous of Nora: he tells Angel that the house is not big enough for the two of them.them after he sees Angel hugging Nora. Later, it is said explicitly that Nora loves Angel more than Esmé.
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Angel Deverell (Garai), a teenage girl in [[TheEdwardianEra Edwardian England]], dreams of becoming a writer. One day, she sends a manuscript to Theo Gilbright (Neill), a London publisher, and he agrees to publish it. So Angel becomes a successful writer. During a party after the performance of one of her plays, she meets Nora Howe-Nevinson (Russell) and her brother Esmé (Fassbender), two [[ImpoverishedPatrician impoverished patricians]]. Nora greatly admires Angel's talent, while Esmé, an unsuccessful painter, does not appreciate her works. Angel earns a lot of money and she buys the house of her dreams, "Paradise".
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* HomoeroticSubtext: Nora, Angel's female secretary, gets jealous when Angel starts seeing Esmé. Later, Esmé tells Theo that Nora is in love with Angel. After Angel marries Esmé, it is said explicitly that Nora loves Angel more than Esmé. Esmé is also jealous of Nora: he tells Angel that the house is not big enough for the two of them.
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* RaceForYourLove: Esmé leaves a party that Angel organized for him. When Angel realizes that he has left, she runs after him and eventually catches up with him.
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* HomoeroticSubtext: It is said explicitly that Nora, Angel's female secretary, gets jealous when Angel starts seeing Esmé. After Angel marries Esmé, it is said explicitly that Nora loves Angel more than Esmé, Angel's husband.Esmé. Esmé is also jealous of Nora: he tells Angel that the house is not big enough for the two of them.
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Angel Deverell (Garai), a teenage girl in [[TheEdwardianEra Edwardian England]], dreams of becoming a writer. One day, she sends a manuscript to Theo Gilbright (Neill), a London publisher, and he agrees to publish it. So Angel becomes a successful writer. She earns a lot of money and she buys the house of her dreams, "Paradise". During a party after the performance of one of her plays, she meets Nora Howe-Nevinson (Russell) and her brother Esmé (Fassbender), two [[ImpoverishedPatrician impoverished patricians]]. Nora greatly admires Angel's talent, while Esmé, an unsuccessful painter, does not appreciate her works.
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Angel Deverell (Garai), a teenage girl in [[TheEdwardianEra Edwardian England]], dreams of becoming a writer. One day, she sends a manuscript to Theo Gilbright (Neill), a London publisher, and he agrees to publish it. So Angel becomes a successful writer. She earns a lot of money and she buys the house of her dreams, "Paradise". During a party after the performance of one of her plays, she meets Nora Howe-Nevinson (Russell) and her brother Esmé (Fassbender), two [[ImpoverishedPatrician impoverished patricians]]. Nora greatly admires Angel's talent, while Esmé, an unsuccessful painter, does not appreciate her works.
works. Angel earns a lot of money and she buys the house of her dreams, "Paradise".
* AtTheOperaTonight: Angel, her mother and Theo attend the first performance of the stage adaptation of ''Lady Irenia''. During the party after the performance, Angel meets Nora and Esmé Howe-Nevinson.
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* BigFancyHouse: "Paradise", a grand country house. Angel dreamt of living there when she was a child. When she earns enough money, she buys it and decorates it in a gaudy style.
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* BigFancyHouse: "Paradise", a grand country house.house in gothic revival style. Angel dreamt of living there when she was a child. When she earns enough money, she buys it and decorates it in a gaudy style.
* DisappearedDad: Angel's father died before the start of the story.
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* DrivingADesk: When Angel and Theo drive through London in a horse-drawn carriage, it is obvious that a recording is projected on the wall behind the actors. The same technique is used for the images of Angel and Esmé's honeymoon.
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* DrivingADesk: When Angel and Theo drive through London in a horse-drawn carriage, it is obvious that a recording is projected on the wall behind the actors. The same technique is used later, when they drive a motor car by night, and for the images of Angel and Esmé's honeymoon.
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* EiffelTowerEffect: When Angel and Theo drive through London in a horse-drawn carriage, some of the most famous monuments of the English capital can be seen in the background (the Palace of Westminster, for example).
* ExecutiveMeddling: InUniverse, Theo, the publisher, wants to make some changes in Angel's first book: he thinks the description of the childbirth is too graphic and he also notes that she made a mistake when she wrote that a champagne bottle is opened with a corkscrew. Angel refuses to change a single word.
* ExecutiveMeddling: InUniverse, Theo, the publisher, wants to make some changes in Angel's first book: he thinks the description of the childbirth is too graphic and he also notes that she made a mistake when she wrote that a champagne bottle is opened with a corkscrew. Angel refuses to change a single word.
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* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Angel is always sure that she is right. Theo, her publisher, suggests to correct a small mistake in her first book: she wrote that a champagne bottle is opened with a corkscrew. Angel refuses to admit that she made a mistake and to change a single word in her book.
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* MaliciousMisnaming: When Angel introduces Theo's wife to her mother, she calls her ''Herpione'' instead of ''Hermione'', because she dislikes her.
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* NobilityMarriesMoney: Esmé, an ImpoverishedPatrician, marries Angel, a NouveauRiche writer.
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* PlayingSick: Angel pretends to be sick to avoid going to school. The doctor immediately understands that she is pretending.
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** The teacher suspects that Angel has copied her composition from the works of Creator/CharlesDickens or Creator/MarieCorelli.
** Angel tells Theo that she likes Creator/WilliamShakespeare, except when he tries to be funny.
* ShowWithinAShow: The end of the stage adaptation of ''Lady Irenia'', Angel's first book, is showed in the film.
* SmallTownBoredom: Angel hates Norley, the small town she comes from. She tells her publisher not to tell she comes from there and she hopes that she will eventually forget her origins.
** The teacher suspects that Angel has copied her composition from the works of Creator/CharlesDickens or Creator/MarieCorelli.
** Angel tells Theo that she likes Creator/WilliamShakespeare, except when he tries to be funny.
* ShowWithinAShow: The end of the stage adaptation of ''Lady Irenia'', Angel's first book, is showed in the film.
* SmallTownBoredom: Angel hates Norley, the small town she comes from. She tells her publisher not to tell she comes from there and she hopes that she will eventually forget her origins.
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* TheTeetotaler: Angel's mother is a teetotaler and she wears the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_ribbon_badge blue ribbon badge]].
* TimeCompressionMontage: After the publication of Angel's first book, a montage shows that time passes and Angel becomes a successful writer: Angel is posing in different sets, she receives a prize, and the covers of her books appear on screen.
* TimeCompressionMontage: After the publication of Angel's first book, a montage shows that time passes and Angel becomes a successful writer: Angel is posing in different sets, she receives a prize, and the covers of her books appear on screen.
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* DomesticAbuse: Esmé tries to rape his wife Angel when he is drunk.
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* AwfulWeddedLife: Before the war, Esmé does not love Angel, he marries her because she is rich. Angel does not realize it, because she is too self-absorbed to notice the feelings of others. After the war, Esmé becomes an alcoholic and he gets violent with Angel.
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* HomoeroticSubtext: It is said explicitly that Nora, Angel's female secretary, loves Angel more than Esmé, Angel's husband.
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* GoldDigger: Esmé never loved Angel. He married her because she wanted to get married with him and she was very rich.
* HomoeroticSubtext: It is said explicitly that Nora, Angel's female secretary, loves Angel more than Esmé, Angel's husband. Esmé is also jealous of Nora: he tells Angel that the house is not big enough for the two of them.
* HomoeroticSubtext: It is said explicitly that Nora, Angel's female secretary, loves Angel more than Esmé, Angel's husband. Esmé is also jealous of Nora: he tells Angel that the house is not big enough for the two of them.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: After the war, Esmé, who has lost a leg, becomes an alcoholic and he gets violent with his wife. It is unclear if this is due to the horrors of the war only. The fact that his relationship with Angelica deteriorates is probably another cause.
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* TheAlcoholic: Esmé becomes one after the war (because of the horrors of war, and probably also because his relationship with Angelica deteriorates).
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* TheAlcoholic: Esmé becomes one after the war (because of the horrors of war, and probably also because his relationship with Angelica deteriorates).deteriorates and he cannot stand any more his life in "Paradise").
* DeadArtistsAreBetter: During Esmé's life, Angel is the only person interested in buying his paintings (and she does not really like them, she buys them because she is in love with him). After Esmé's death, he becomes famous and his paintings are valued.
* DrivingADesk: When Angel and Theo drive through London in a horse-drawn carriage, it is obvious that a recording is projected on the wall behind the actors. The same technique is used for the images of Angel and Esmé's honeymoon.
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* ReplacementGoldfish: Sultan, Angel's big dog, dies during her honeymoon. Nora buys an identical dog as a replacement, but Angel immediately notices that it is not the same dog when she comes back home.
* SanitySlippage: Angel's sanity deteriorates progressively. It gets worse after the death of herhusband.husband and still worse when she realizes that he had a mistress. When she visits Angelica, her clothes reveal that she is out of touch with reality.
* SanitySlippage: Angel's sanity deteriorates progressively. It gets worse after the death of her
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* MostWritersAreWriters: Angel, the protagonist, is a successful writer of melodramatic novel.
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* TheAlcoholic: Esmé becomes one after the war (because of the horrors of war, and probably also because his relationship with Angelica deteriorates).
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Neill and Nora love Angel, who loves Esmé. Esmé loves his mistress Angelica, who finally dumps him when she gets married.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Neill and Nora love Angel, who loves Esmé. Esmé loves his mistress Angelica, who finally dumps him when she gets married.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: After the war, Esmé, who has lost a leg, becomes an alcoholic and he gets violent with his wife. It is unclear if this is due to the horrors of the war only. The fact that his relationship with Angelica deteriorates is probably another cause.
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''Angel'' (or ''Real Life of Angel Deverell'') is a 2007 British-French-Belgian drama film directed by Creator/FrancoisOzon, starring Creator/RomolaGarai, Creator/SamNeill, Creator/LucyRussell, Creator/MichaelFassbender and Creator/CharlotteRampling.
Angel Deverell (Garai), a teenage girl in [[TheEdwardianEra Edwardian England]], dreams of becoming a writer. One day, she sends a manuscript to Theo Gilbright (Neill), a London publisher, and he agrees to publish it. So Angel becomes a successful writer. She earns a lot of money and she buys the house of her dreams, "Paradise". During a party after the performance of one of her plays, she meets Nora Howe-Nevinson (Russell) and her brother Esmé (Fassbender), two [[ImpoverishedPatrician impoverished patricians]]. Nora greatly admires Angel's talent, while Esmé, an unsuccessful painter, does not appreciate her works.
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* AnArmAndALeg: Esmé loses a leg during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.
* BigFancyHouse: "Paradise", a grand country house. Angel dreamt of living there when she was a child. When she earns enough money, she buys it and decorates it in a gaudy style.
* TheEdwardianEra: The story starts in this period. It ends in the Interwar period.
* TheFilmOfTheBook: The film is adapted from a 1957 novel of the same name by Elizabeth Taylor (the English novelist).
* ImpoverishedPatrician: Nora and Esmé Howe-Nevinson (Russell) belong to a noble family, but they are poor. Nora proposes to work for Angel as a secretary. Esmé lives in a maid room.
* LawOfInverseFertility: Angel cannot have children. When she gets pregnant, she has a miscarriage.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Angel falls in love with Esmé the first time she meets him, during the party of the performance of her play.
* TheMistress: Esmé has a mistress, Angelica. He even has a child with her. During the war, he prefers visiting her when he is on leave, rather than his wife Angel.
* NouveauRiche: Angel is of humble birth. When she becomes incredibly rich, she decorates her BigFancyHouse in a gaudy style and she wears ImpossiblyTackyClothes.
* StarvingArtist: Esmé is a painter, but nobody wants to buy his paintings, but Angel. He is poor and lives in a maid room.
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Angel Deverell (Garai), a teenage girl in [[TheEdwardianEra Edwardian England]], dreams of becoming a writer. One day, she sends a manuscript to Theo Gilbright (Neill), a London publisher, and he agrees to publish it. So Angel becomes a successful writer. She earns a lot of money and she buys the house of her dreams, "Paradise". During a party after the performance of one of her plays, she meets Nora Howe-Nevinson (Russell) and her brother Esmé (Fassbender), two [[ImpoverishedPatrician impoverished patricians]]. Nora greatly admires Angel's talent, while Esmé, an unsuccessful painter, does not appreciate her works.
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!!''Time to Leave'' provides examples of:
* AnArmAndALeg: Esmé loses a leg during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.
* BigFancyHouse: "Paradise", a grand country house. Angel dreamt of living there when she was a child. When she earns enough money, she buys it and decorates it in a gaudy style.
* TheEdwardianEra: The story starts in this period. It ends in the Interwar period.
* TheFilmOfTheBook: The film is adapted from a 1957 novel of the same name by Elizabeth Taylor (the English novelist).
* ImpoverishedPatrician: Nora and Esmé Howe-Nevinson (Russell) belong to a noble family, but they are poor. Nora proposes to work for Angel as a secretary. Esmé lives in a maid room.
* LawOfInverseFertility: Angel cannot have children. When she gets pregnant, she has a miscarriage.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Angel falls in love with Esmé the first time she meets him, during the party of the performance of her play.
* TheMistress: Esmé has a mistress, Angelica. He even has a child with her. During the war, he prefers visiting her when he is on leave, rather than his wife Angel.
* NouveauRiche: Angel is of humble birth. When she becomes incredibly rich, she decorates her BigFancyHouse in a gaudy style and she wears ImpossiblyTackyClothes.
* StarvingArtist: Esmé is a painter, but nobody wants to buy his paintings, but Angel. He is poor and lives in a maid room.
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