Les Anges gardiens

Jean-Marie Poiré directed the 1995 French comedy Les Anges gardiens (Guardian Angels), which mixes action, crime and a light fantastical streak. It throws together two opposite men who are linked, against their will, through their guardian angels. Produced by Gaumont, it was France's most expensive film of its year. It drew around 5.7 million cinema-goers, finishing second at the French box office behind Les Trois Frères, and with $39.1 million it was the highest-grossing non-English-language film of 1995.

Gérard Depardieu plays Antoine Carco, a selfish reformed crook. He agrees to fly to Hong Kong and bring back the orphaned son of a smuggler friend, but his real aim is the 15 million dollars in treasury bonds the boy's father stole from the Chinese triads. Christian Clavier plays Hervé Tarain, a naive, kind-hearted priest on his way home from an educational trip with a group of troubled French teenagers. On the journey from Hong Kong to Paris, both men have to face their consciences. The cast also includes Julien Courbey, Yves Rénier, Eva Herzigová, François Morel and Dominique Marcas.

Poiré made the film between Les Visiteurs and its sequel, and wrote the screenplay with Clavier.