_Sorry Angel_ (_Plaire aimer et courir vite_) is a sea of love that just keeps getting deeper and deeper as the film progresses and overwhelms the viewer, submerges us with sentiment until we're drowning in love and don't want to come back up for air.

Set in 1993, this love affair between a man in his 30s and an impulsive younger man 10 years his junior unfurls like a Pride flag against the backdrop of the AIDS epidemic. The film successfully borrows the best aspects of films that came before it with the romance of _Call Me By Your Name_, the gravitas of _120 beats per minute_, and the passion of a French scream at the night called _Les Nuits Fauves_ (_Savage Nights_, 1992), written and directed by a young nova who would die of AIDS before he could receive all the awards it won.

_Sorry Angel_ is subtle finesse with strong acting (Vincent Lacoste turns in an especially amazing performance) and a passionate story in every sense of the word that takes its time getting to where it's going. Fortunately, the meandering plotline is distracting only for a moment and we soon settle back into this film that engulfs us with its sensitivity.