Heaven

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Jean-Sébastien Lord

Language

French

Country

Canada

Release date

15 March 2000

Ensemble

Cast

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  Jocelyn Blanchard

  Jacques

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  Julien Poulin

  Jésus

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  Julie La Rochelle

  Julie

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  Sonia Vachon

  Gisèle

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  Micheline Lanctôt

  Veuve #1

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  Sylvie Moreau

  Veuve #2