Cielo
Santa, an eight-year-old girl from the desolate Bolivian Altiplano, embarks on a surreal, star-navigated journey to take her mother from a life of poverty into paradise.
On her journey, Santa encounters a priest and a group of female wrestlers who help her along the way. But she also meets her nemesis: a gruff policeman who arrests Santa but then comes to suspect that she has miraculous powers and that a fish may live inside her—or is this really just a figment of the girl’s fantasies? He soon realizes that to achieve his own salvation, he must join Santa on her quest into the next world beyond the horizon.
Cast
- Santa
- Fernada Gutiérrez Aranda
- Gustavo
- Fernando Arze Echalar
- Rodrigo
- Cristian Mercado
- La Reina
- Mariela Salaverry
- Father Jaime
- Luis Bredow
- Paz
- Carla Arana
Cielo
Alberto Sciamma
- Fiction
- Production Country / Year
- United Kingdom 2025
- Language
- span. OF m. engl. UT
- Format
- DCP, Color, 106min
2.39:1, Discrete 5.1
Director & Crew
Alberto Sciamma
Born in Barcelona/Spain. Studied Film at West Surrey College of Art and Design in England. Active as a director for music videos and as a director and screenwriter for feature films.
Filmography
| 1996 | Killer tongue | Spielfilm | |
| 2002 | Anazapta | Spielfilm | |
| 2003 | Jericho mansions | Spielfilm | |
| 2015 | Bite | Spielfilm | |
| 2018 | I love my mum | Spielfilm | |
| 2025 | Cielo | Spielfilm | 2025 |
“The film is a fable. A spiritual tale. It’s not meant to be realistic in the traditional sense. We deal with death, but also with light, dreams, hope. There’s humor in the absurd. There’s fantasy, but also pain. I tried to make something sincere. It deals with grief, about my mother, about the moment someone leaves, and how you hold onto a promise. That was very personal for me. But at the same time, it’s universal. That’s why I say it’s my most intimate and my most universal work."
- Writer
- Alberto Sciamma
- Director of Photography
- Alex Metcalfe
- Editor
- Orlando Torres
- Set Designer
- Sol Calle N.
- Costume Designer
- Analía Peñaloza V.
- Sound
- Javier Delgado
- Music Composer
- Yara Gutierrez
- Producer
- Alberto Sciamma
- John Dunton-Downer
- Alexa Waugh
- Bettina Kadoorie