''Heaven Sent '' (french: Un drôle de paroissien) is a 1963 French

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky. It was entered into the

13th Berlin International Film Festival The 13th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 21 June to 2 July 1963. The Golden Bear was awarded ''ex aequo'' to the Italian film ''Il diavolo'' directed by Gian Luigi Polidoro and Japanese film '' Bushidô zankoku monogatari ...

. The film has been released under the name ''Heaven Sent'' in the English speaking world.

Plot

Georges Lachaunaye is a young member of an impoverished family of ancient nobility. His lack of financial means and his disdain for labour make him a thief who helps himself by robbing the collection boxes of churches.

Cast

* Bourvil as Georges Lachaunaye * Francis Blanche as Chief Insp. Cucherat *

Jean Poiret Jean Poiret, born Jean Poiré (17 August 1926 – 14 March 1992), was a French actor, director, and screenwriter. He is primarily known as the author of the original play '' La Cage aux Folles''. Early career Poiret was born in Paris, and f ...

as Raoul *

Jean Yonnel Jean Yonnel (21 July 1891 – 17 August 1968) was a Romanian-born French actor. Yonnel was born in Bucharest, Romania as Jean-Estève Schachmann and began his film career in France in the 1910s. Some of his notable performance were in ''Obsession ...

as Mattieu Lachesnaye, Georges' father *

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as Brigadier Bridoux * Véronique Nordey as Françoise Lachaunaye *

Bernard Lavalette Bernard Lavalette (20 January 1926 – 14 December 2019) was a French film and television actor.Ince p.164 Partial filmography * ''Sans famille'' (1958) - Le brigadier * '' The Bureaucrats'' (1959) - Van Der Hogen * ''La Belle Américaine'' (1 ...

as the Police Prefect *

Marcel Pérès Marcel Pérès (born 15 July 1956, Oran, Algeria) is a French musicologist, composer, choral director and singer, and the founder of the early music group Ensemble Organum. He is an authority on Gregorian and pre-Gregorian chant. Pérès was ...

as Raillargaud (as Marcel Perez) * Jean Galland as the college principal / the bishop *

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as Juliette Lachaunaye, Georges's wife * Denise Péronne as Aunt Clair *

Roger Legris Roger Legris (3 July 1898 – 22 May 1981) was a French actor. Selected filmography * '' On the Streets'' (1933) * '' The House on the Dune'' (1934) * ''The Devil in the Bottle'' (1935) * ''Counsel for Romance'' (1936) * ''Wells in Flames'' (19 ...

as the beadle at the church of Saint-Étienne du Mont

References

External links

* 1963 films 1963 comedy films French black-and-white films Films directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky French comedy films 1960s French-language films 1960s French films {{1960s-comedy-film-stub