The Fabulous Voyage of the Angel

The Fabulous Voyage of the Angel (French: Le fabuleux voyage de l'ange) is a Canadian fantasy comedy film, directed by Jean Pierre Lefebvre and released in 1991.[1] The film stars Daniel Lavoie as Francis, a taxi driver and comic book artist who begins drawing a fantastical comic series about an intergalactic taxi driver in outer space, only to find that the stories he imagines for his comic strip start to materialize in real life.[2] The film also stars Geneviève Grandbois as Francis's daughter Ève, and Marcel Sabourin as his brother Rival.

The Fabulous Voyage of the Angel
FrenchLe fabuleux voyage de l'ange
Directed byJean Pierre Lefebvre
Produced byFrançois Dupuis
Written byJean Pierre Lefebvre
Normand Desjardins
StarringDaniel Lavoie
Geneviève Grandbois
Marcel Sabourin
Music byDaniel Lavoie
CinematographyRobert Vanherweghem
Edited byBarbara Easto
Production
company
ACPAV
Release date
1991 (Canada)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Lavoie, a prominent singer-songwriter prior to his acting role in the film, also composed the music. Lavoie and Lefebvre received a Genie Award nomination for Best Original Song at the 12th Genie Awards, for "Quand tu partiras".[3]

References
  1. "Fabuleux voyage de l’ange, Le – Film de Jean Pierre Lefebvre". Films du Québec, January 15, 2009.
  2. Jay Scott, "Film Review: Le Fabuleux Voyage de l'Ange". The Globe and Mail, November 25, 1991.
  3. "Genie candidates announced". Edmonton Journal, October 19, 1991.


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