''Fallen from Heaven'' ( es, Caídos del cielo) is a 1990 Peruvian
drama
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film directed by
Francisco José Lombardi
Francisco José Lombardi (born 3 August 1949) is a Peruvian film director, producer and screenwriter. He has directed 17 films since 1977. He received the Silver Shell for Best Director in 1985 for his film ''The City and the Dogs'' based on th ...
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The film was selected as the Peruvian entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
63rd Academy Awards
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, but was not accepted as a nominee.
[Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]
Plot
Set in Lima, the capital of Peru, at the end of the 1980s. The time is characterised as a period of political instability, severe economic crisis and violence related to the
Internal conflict in Peru
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In this film three stories are intertwined, whose characters belong to three different generations. One of the stories is Lizandro and Cucha's, an elderly couple who have lost their only child. Owners of several properties, their time is dedicated to collecting their tenants' rent; all their efforts are concentrated on constructing having a mausoleum designed for their deceased child.
The next story is about Humberto, a successful radio broadcaster whose programme gives hope to people. Humberto is a lonely man with a facial deformity as a consequence of an accident. He gives shelter to a depressive woman that he calls "Veronica", after rescuing her from an attempting to commit suicide by jumping off a cliff. She has an ugly scar on her stomach which deters her from having intimacy with men.
Last is 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 "Campeón", a pig recently given as a gift by Lizandro and Cucha. Meche plans to get money by selling the animal to be able to pay for a cure for her blindness. This last story is based on the Peruvian tale "
Los gallinazos sin plumas", written by
Julio Ramón Ribeyro
Julio Ramón Ribeyro Zúñiga (August 31, 1929 – December 4, 1994) was a Peruvian writer best known for his short stories. He was also successful in other genres: novel, essay, theater, diary and aphorism. In the year of his death, he was awar ...
.
Cast
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Elide Brero
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Gustavo Bueno
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Pupil of the national-syndicalist Santiago Montero Díaz, Bueno's id ...
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Rafael Garay
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Carlos Gassols
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Marisol Palacios
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Delfina Paredes
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Nelson Ruiz
See also
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References
External links
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1990 films
1990 drama films
Peruvian drama films
1990s Peruvian films
1990s Spanish-language films
Films directed by Francisco José Lombardi
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