According to Raphaël Bassan, in his article «"L'Ange": Un météore dans le ciel de l'animation,» Patrick Bokanowski's film, along with Piotr Kamler's film "Chronopolis", both having premiered in 1982 at the Cannes Film Festival, can be considered the beginnings of contemporary animation. This remark is based on the technical means and the visual or philosophical sense employed by Patrick Bokanowski. The masks erase all human personality in the characters. Patrick Bokanowski would thus have total control over the "matter" of the image and its optical composition. This is especially noticeable throughout the film, with images taken through distorted objectives or a plastic work on the sets and costumes, for example in the scene of the designer.