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Information
- A.k.a.
- Heaven Sent
- Year
- 1963
- Runtime
- 92 min.
- Director
- Jean-Pierre Mocky
- Genre
- Comedy
- Rating *
- 7.0
- Votes *
- 341
- Checks
- 42
- Favs
- 3
- Dislikes
- 1
- Favs/checks
- 7.1% (1:14)
- Favs/dislikes
- 3:1
Top comments
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Siskoid
Heaven Sent (AKA Thank Heaven for Small Favors AKA Un drôle de paroissien - literally, A funny [or odd] parishioner) is an amusing French comedy from 1963 in which a pious aristocrat whose family is broke starts to steal from Parisian churches to rebuild their fortune. Look, they weren't born or taught to work! As his schemes become more and more ambitious, the police's church brigade executes a massive manhunt for the thief. Somehow, comedian Bourvil lends the character a naive sincerity that makes it impossible to see his actions as criminal or heretical, and the film's light heart engineers events so that no harm has truly been done by the end, not even to the rich slackers it sends up. 5 years 11 months ago