Les anges gardiens

19951995
GG
1h 50min

5.9/10

Gerard Depardieu plays a sleazy Paris nightclub owner and ex-detective who flies to Hong Kong to rescue the young son of a friend murdered by the Chinese mob. He leaves the boy in the hands ... Read allGerard Depardieu plays a sleazy Paris nightclub owner and ex-detective who flies to Hong Kong to rescue the young son of a friend murdered by the Chinese mob. He leaves the boy in the hands of an earnest priest (Christian Clavier), who escorts him back to Paris. Soon Clavier and ... Read allGerard Depardieu plays a sleazy Paris nightclub owner and ex-detective who flies to Hong Kong to rescue the young son of a friend murdered by the Chinese mob. He leaves the boy in the hands of an earnest priest (Christian Clavier), who escorts him back to Paris. Soon Clavier and Depardieu are fighting it out, each shadowed by his good or evil guardian angel.

5.9/10

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Director
- Jean-Marie Poiré
Writers
- Christian Clavier
- Jean-Marie Poiré
Stars

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Gérard Depardieu, Christian Clavier, and Eva Grimaldi in Les anges gardiens (1995)

Gérard Depardieu and Eva Grimaldi in Les anges gardiens (1995)

Gérard Depardieu in Les anges gardiens (1995)

Director
- Jean-Marie Poiré
Writers
- Christian Clavier
- Jean-Marie Poiré
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Gerard Depardieu plays a sleazy Paris nightclub owner and ex-detective who flies to Hong Kong to rescue the young son of a friend murdered by the Chinese mob. He leaves the boy in the hands of an earnest priest (Christian Clavier), who escorts him back to Paris. Soon Clavier and Depardieu are fighting it out, each shadowed by his good or evil guardian angel. —A Verdade

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Goofs
The Hong Kong-Paris flight is said to land in Paris at 5:30AM local time. It takes-off during daylight, but with an approximate flight time of 13 1/2 hours and the time zone difference, the plane should have left Hong Kong at around 10:00PM local time (when it would have been dark).

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Bloopers shown with the credits.

Alternate versions
German theatrical versions omitted a few shorter scenes of graphic violence to get a "Not under 12 years" rating. The VHS based on that version also misses these scenes, which include:
Yvon, father of Bao, gets hit by the knife thrown by the member of the triads; Bao screaming; another short scene where the knife in Yvon's back is shown.
The traitor who sold the passports to Yvon & Bao gets his neck broken by the triads hit man.
The Chinese friend of Yvon is shot by the triads hit man after being thrown through the front window of the car at the harbor.
The director of the bank of shanghai is strangled by the triads hit man in front of smiling Mr. Mo.

Connections
References La Grande Vadrouille (1966)

Soundtracks
Strangers In The Night
Performed by Sharon

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what you want

Everyhing what you want. From French humor to fight scenes in Hong Kong and Paris, from religion to slices of near reality, from family to...angels. But the best detail - it is a teal film of Christian Clavier and Gerard Depardieu. Their performances are great. And seductiv in profound sense. Short, a lovely comedy. On French style.

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