Friday, 21 November 2025

Cielo (4 Stars)


This is the fourth film in the Stuttgart Weird Weekender Festival.

Santa is an eight-year-old Bolivian girl who can work miracles. She's empowered by a fish that lives in her stomach. She sets out on a journey to Heaven, which she considers to be located in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil. Before she leaves she kills her mother, confident that she can resurrect her when she reaches her goal. On the way she's taken in by a travelling troupe of female wrestlers.

The film is intended to be spiritual, but there was a lot of laughter in the audience. Some of the scenes were too ridiculous to be taken seriously. The story isn't wrapped up at the end. There are unanswered questions that the viewer has to figure out for himself. The film's cinematography is breath-taking.

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