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Cielo

Cielo

9,0 /10 (4 Votes)
2025 ES 108 min

Overview

Santa, an eight-year-old girl from the desolate Bolivian Altiplano, embarks on a rollercoaster journey to take her mother from a life of misery into paradise. The two of them made a pact: when her mother passes, the girl would follow the stars and carry her body across the desert toward heaven, a place they are certain is physically real. Crossing the wilderness, Santa encounters a group of female wrestlers that help her on her way. Also, a gruff policeman who arrests Santa but soon suspects she has magical powers. He decides that to achieve his own salvation he must join Santa on her quest beyond the horizon.

Release date

05/03/2025

Votes

4

Popularity

0.4

How far would you go to reach heaven?

Status

Released

Language

ES

Runtime

108 min

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Brent Marchant

2026-04-26

⭐ 8

What does it take to get to heaven? What’s more, what can/should we expect if we’re able to get there? Will it live up to the beliefs we hold about it, especially the promises and expectations attributed to it? Those questions are important ones that many of us ask ourselves, but the answers are especially relevant to those who have experienced difficult lives here on the terrestrial plane. And, in this fairytale-like fable from writer-director Alberto Sciamma, that’s precisely what a hopeful young indigenous girl named Santa (Fer Monserrat) hopes to find out for herself. The enigmatic youngst…

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