Angel Heart – Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art

1955, New York. Private detective Harry Angel (Mickey Rourke) takes on a mysterious and lucrative case from the enigmatic Louis Cyphre (Robert De Niro): find the long-lost singer Johnny Favorite. His investigation plunges him into the sultry heat and shadowy underworld of New Orleans, a city alive with dark jazz, smoky clubs, and sinister occult rituals. Haunted by visions, nightmares, and a trail of corpses, Angel is drawn toward a shocking truth – culminating in one of the most unforgettable endings and iconic plot twists in cinema history.

Directed by Alan Parker (Mississippi Burning, Midnight Express, Pink Floyd: The Wall), Angel Heart brilliantly fuses noir crime with satanic horror, crafting an atmosphere unlike anything else in film. Frantic and sensuous like The Exorcist, dreamlike and unsettling like Lost Highway, pagan and decadent like The Ninth Gate, yet clever and surprising like Memento – Angel’s story defies categorization. Mickey Rourke delivers arguably the performance of his career, matched by De Niro in one of his most eccentric screen roles.

This VHS-era cult classic returns in breathtaking 4K digital restoration this October, ready to haunt and mesmerize a new generation of viewers with its dark, irresistible allure.