Film

Heaven

2000

IMDb

6.0

Heaven is a place with crumbling ceilings, an aging Jesus, and angels and saints entertained by human sexuality. On earth, Christmas, 1999, Jacques, who's dying of cancer, meets Sophie, pregnant and abandoned. Her babies and his death are due in the spring. Jacques runs a cabaret facing bankruptcy because his landlord insists on a 15-minute speech about Jesus every evening by the boring Bernard, and all the customers leave. Jacques prays for Bernard's removal: Heaven arranges a car crash. Jacques keeps a tape recorder handy, narrating his final days, focused on composing memorable last words. In Heaven, the dead Bernard keeps watch over Jacques and Sophie, with saving effect.

Jocelyn Blanchard

Jacques

Julien Poulin

Jésus

Julie La Rochelle

Julie

Sonia Vachon

Gisèle

Micheline Lanctôt

Veuve #1

Sylvie Moreau

Veuve #2

• Jean-Sébastien LordDirector
• Samuel GagnonProducer
• Yuri Yoshimura-GagnonExecutive Producer

Release date

March 15, 2000

Status

Released

Original language

French