Battle in Heaven ( Batalla en el cielo )

Battle in Heaven (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Batalla en el cielo
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
European Film Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
94 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Biographies
Deleted Scenes
Film Credits
Interactive Menu

Movie filmed in 2005 and produced in:
Belgium ( France, Benelux )
France ( France, Benelux )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Mexico ( Latin America, Mexico )

Directed By:
Carlos Reygadas

Written By:
Carlos Reygadas

Actors:
Marcos Hernández ..... Marcos
Anapola Mushkadiz ..... Ana
Bertha Ruiz ..... Marcos' Wife
David Bornstien ..... David
Rosalinda Ramirez ..... Viky
El Abuelo ..... Chief of Police
Brenda Angulo ..... Madame
El Mago ..... Preacher
Francisco 'El Gato' Martínez ..... Gas Station Attendant
Diego Martínez Vignatti ..... Soccer Player
Alejandro Mayar ..... Police Inspector
Chavo Nava ..... Neurotic Conductor
Estela Tamariz ..... Ines
Ernesto Veláquez ..... Entrevistador Cancha

Synopsis:

Marcos and his wife kidnap a baby for ransom money, but it goes tragically wrong when the infant dies. In another world is Ana, the daughter of the general he drives for, who prostitutes herself for pleasure. Marcos confesses his guilt to her in his troubled search for relief. And then finds himself on his knees amidst the multitude of believers moving slowly towards the Basilica in honor of the Lady of Guadalupe.

At once unmoored and ruthlessly calculating, the Mexican film 'Battle in Heaven' has everything for everyone - or perhaps nothing at all. Among the attractions are sex, class, God, soccer, an ugly man, a beautiful woman, a dead baby, the dirt below them and the wide sky above. The film was written and directed by Carlos Reygadas, who after making a sensational feature debut with 'Japón' has returned with a strangely mesmerizing and off-putting follow-up that finds him at the crossroads between inspiration and risky self-parody. There isn't much of a story in 'Battle in Heaven,' just actions, gestures, faces, bodies and snatches of dialogue, some of it banal, some of it unbelievable.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 22 August, 2008.

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