L'ange Noir (The Black Angel) is a 1994 French drama film written and directed by Jean-Claude Brisseau.
Paul's negotiations with the blackmailer culminates in a rendezvous where Stéphane's hidden past clashes with her present: in a dramatic twist, she learns that the extortionist is her estranged daughter, Cécile, who reveals that she, too, was Aslanian's lover.
Paul, entangled in the web of his own deceit, faces the consequences of his actions, his legal career crumbling under the weight of disbarment.
Cécile, the agent of chaos, escapes the full force of justice, her suspended sentence a mere footnote in her tale of deception.
As Stéphane's husband settles into a wealthy bourgeois retirement, his authority is usurped by his daughter, Cécile, who now lords over their estate.