Les Anges gardiens explained

Les Anges gardiens
Director:	Jean-Marie Poiré
Producer:	Alain Terzian Charles Wang
Starring:	Gérard Depardieu Christian Clavier
Music:	Eric Lévi
Cinematography:	Christophe Beaucarne Jean-Yves Le Mener Christophe Legal
Editing:	Catherine Kelber
Studio:	Gaumont International Television TF1 Films Production Funny Films Vaudeville Productions
Distributor:	Gaumont Buena Vista International
Runtime:	110 minutes
Country:	France
Language:	French English Cantonese Italian
Budget:	$18.4 million^[1]
Gross:	$39.1 million^[2]

Les Anges gardiens (English: "Guardian Angels") is a 1995 French film directed by Jean-Marie Poiré. It was the highest-grossing non-English language film of 1995 with $39.1 million.^[2]

Cast and roles

• Gérard Depardieu as Antoine Carco (and his 'guardian angels')
• Christian Clavier as Father Hervé Tarain (and his 'guardian angels')
• Eva Grimaldi as Regina Podium
• Yves Rénier as Yvon Radmilo aka. 'la pince'
• Eva Herzigová as Tchouk Tchouk Nougat
• Jean Champion as Grandfather of Father Tarain
• Anna Gaylor as Grandmother of Father Tarain
• Dominique Marcas as Mother Angelina
• Julien Courbey as Jérôme
• Françoise Bertin as Madame Albert
• François Morel as The steward
• Philippe Nahon as Taxi driver
• Armelle as A nurse
• Darren Shahlavi as Gangster 2
• Mouss Diouf
• Fabienne Chaudat

Reception

The film opened at number one at the French box office with a gross of 48.6 million Francs ($9.7 million),^[3] the largest opening for a French film in at least the prior five years.^[4] It stayed at number one for four weeks.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Les Anges gardiens. 13 May 2019.
2. Variety. February 19, 1996. B.O. with a vengeance: $9.1 billion worldwide. Klady. Leonard. 1.
3. Variety. 14. 23 October 1995. International Box Office. $9,716,567; $1=5FF.
4. Variety. 14. 23 October 1995. Home-grown pix bestride o'seas B.O.. Groves. Don.
5. Variety. 16. 13 November 1995. International Box Office.