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