Battle in Heaven

2005
5.5| 1h36m| NA| en| More Info
Released: 20 February 2006 Released
Producted By: ARTE France Cinéma
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Set in Mexico City, Carlos Reygadas's sexually explicit drama centers on a man in turmoil over his past actions. Chauffer Marcos feels compelled to reveal a dark secret to his boss's daughter, Ana, a wealthy woman who works as a prostitute just for the thrill of it. Marcos confesses that he and his wife committed a crime that ended in horrible tragedy. Haunted by his past, Marcos searches for redemption.

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Drama

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Carlos Reygadas

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ARTE France Cinéma

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ShangLuda Admirable film.
Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.
Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
edo deweert through a cinematographic stroke of genius, we are embarking on a trip through the roads of Mexico city in which we hang left and right in the turns the car takes. this is a story of unrequited love and one that shows that sex is not only the exclusive domain of the ashton kutchers and demi moores of this world. and sex is here committed the way most of us have sex\: naked, not under the covers and not with our bras and undies on. the film is inhabited by normal, everyday people, fat people, old people, crippled people. and who would have thought that fat people have sex??!! the sex in this film is not gratuitous. we all have sex in our lives, deal with it. but even though marco has sex with his larger than life wife, he dreams of having it with the young and beautiful daughter of the general he is assigned to drive to and fro. he has become fixated on her and dreams of a sex scene with her, though she has indicated she does not want any sex with him. thus he devises a plan to ensure that they "live happily after in sexual bliss"
Electric_Sheep I went into this film without realizing it was by Carlos R. I won't explain the storyline as you may have read it already by now - I will however try to rationalize why it may be loved/hated.This "artistic" film is not meant for the regular masses of people - that much is clear. It however goes a step ahead by trying to create a niche group amongst the "sophisticated" critics/viewers as well! It's a "short story" shot in exaggerated long moments of nothingness. You will be viewing the (deliberately) expressionless actors looking into space like zombies in addition to the Mexican landscape, roads, people, roads, sun rising, (did i mention roads?) etc with no coherence. It was during these long shots, I realized this film was reminiscent of another rather *boring* Mexican film I had once lost 2 hours of my life to.It wasn't until the much talked about "Real Life people" sex scene that I paused, checked and found it was indeed a film by Carlos Reygadas! At least he has succeeded in imprinting his style even on normal audiences! Once a director does it (ie Geriatrics Sex in Japon) in a movie, its considered artistic by the niche critics but to do something like that again in another gloom of a film? I call it a disturbing fetish crying out for media attention! Let me get this straight - the film is not about sex primarily - it also is *supposed* to be about human dilemmas of morality, class divides etc.However we never get to see it, comprehend it or actually feel for it. It's a film which will fulfill those niche audiences and allow them that seat of authority which they can have and enjoy.PS. This film will be enjoyable in 4x Fast forward.
christopher-underwood For two thirds of this film I was spellbound and then it suddenly span away from me. Listening to the director speaking afterwards, I think I know what went wrong and I shall have to view again some time to find out. It is all very watchable but slightly confusing towards the end, which is a shame and may be my fault, that of the director or even of Mexico itself. Whilst I have never been to the country it did seem that part of the lifeblood of this movie was the tangled city of contradictions itself. Even though not perfect in my eyes there was enough to show that this is a director of keen and original talent who will produce much more. His liking to work with non actors is welcome and his treatment of actual graphic sex is stunning. Very affecting, bitter sweet movie.
spacecadet-1 I didn't know this film-maker, Reygadas promises much to me now. I'm looking for Japon now. But.. why I love this? To be short, to me is a total, human, deep film. Simple... and this is a quality, a great one in this case. Beautiful photography and music, very good actors. Maybe is only a 9 film... I need other plays, maybe in original language if I find it, seems that in my idiom (Italian) it less many. In doubt I give it maximum vote I can, it is one of the rare work that catch me totally e in my deepest sensations and emotions. Also the famous "scandalous" scenes are very sweet, kindly, true... most true that in hollywoodian rappresentations. But who is that find fellatio scandalous in 2006 AD?? or in generally making love? war, hypocrisy, loneliness are the real scandal of humanity... like seeing in this beautiful film work. and a nice little thing: Anapola is a portrait of female beauty and energy , I knew her in Hate 2 O, another beautiful imaginative film, by Italian film-maker Infascelli.