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Guardian Angels

Guardian Angels

Comedy · Crime · 1995

A sleazy Paris nightclub owner and ex-detective flies to Hong Kong to rescue the young son of a friend murdered by the Chinese mob.

Movie details

Guardian Angels

1995 Comedy · Crime 1h 50m

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6.1 / 10

Community rating

A sleazy Paris nightclub owner and ex-detective flies to Hong Kong to rescue the young son of a friend murdered by the Chinese mob.

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What this film says about your taste.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Jean-Marie Poiré

Written by

Christian Clavier · Jean-Marie Poiré

Christian Clavier

Christian Clavier

Père Hervé Tarain / La « mauvaise conscience »

Gérard Depardieu

Gérard Depardieu

Carco / M. Ciccolini / La « bonne conscience »

Eva Grimaldi

Eva Grimaldi

Regina Podium

Yves Rénier

Yves Rénier

Yvon Radmilo, dit « La Pince », le père de Bao

Alexandre Eskimo

Alexandre Eskimo

Bao

Laurent Gendron

Laurent Gendron

Lucky

Eva Herzigová

Eva Herzigová

Tchouk Tchouk Nougat (une danseuse)

Court is in session

Put Guardian Angels on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.