Fallen from Heaven

Fallen from Heaven (Spanish: Caídos del cielo) is a 1990 Peruvian drama film directed by Francisco José Lombardi.[1][2] The film was selected as the Peruvian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 63rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[3]

Fallen from Heaven
Directed byFrancisco José Lombardi
Written byFrancisco José Lombardi
StarringElide Brero
Release date
  • 7 September 1990 (1990-09-07) (TIFF)
Running time
121 minutes
CountryPeru
LanguageSpanish

Plot

Settled in Lima, capital of Peru, at the end of the 80's decade. This time is characterised as a period of political instability, severe economical crisis and violence related to the Internal conflict in Peru.

In this film three stories are entwined, whose characters belong to three different generations. One of them is Lizandro and Cucha's story, an elderly couple who have lost their only child. Owners of several properties, are dedicated to personally collect the rent of their tenants; all their efforts are concentrated in having built a mausoleum designed by their deceased child.

The next story is Humberto's, a successful radio broadcaster whose programme gives hope to people, is an alone man and with a facial deformity as a consequence of an accident. He gives shelter to a depressive women that he calls "Veronica", after rescuing her from an attempt of suicide from a cliff. She hides a marked scar in the belly, which deter her from having intimacy with men.

Finally, the story of a blind woman called Meche, who lives in a humble hut near a cliff, with her grandsons, whom she exploits and mistreats, obliging them to go the dumps to collect food to feed "Campeon", a pig recently given as a gift by Lizandro and Cucha. Meche plans to obtain money from selling the animal to cure her blindness. This last story is based on the Peruvian tale "Los gallinazos sin plumas", written by Julio Ramón Ribeyro.

Cast
  • Elide Brero
  • Gustavo Bueno
  • Rafael Garay
  • Carlos Gassols
  • Marisol Palacios
  • Delfina Paredes
  • Nelson Ruiz
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See also

References
  1. "Fallen from Heaven". Spain Is Culture. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  2. "Fallen from Heaven". Sundance. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  3. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences


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