Heaven

Heaven is a place with crumbling ceilings an aging Jesus and angels and saints entertained by human sexuality On earth Christmas 1999 Jacques whos 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 15minute speech about Jesus every evening by the boring Bernard and all the customers leave Jacques prays for Bernards 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