Batalla en el cielo

International title
Batalla en el cielo
Country
México, Bélgica, Francia, Alemania
Year
2005
Running time
98
Director
Carlos Reygadas
Screenplay
Carlos Reygadas
Film Editing
Benjamin Mirguet, Adoración G. Elipe, Nicolas Schmerkin
Photography
Diego Martínez Vignatti
Producer
Mantarraya Producciones
Distribution Company
Golem Distribución
Synopsis
Marcos is a poor devil with great plans who works as a driver for an army general. One of those plans is to kidnap a baby and get rich with the ransom money. He gets his wife involved in the crime. Everything goes wrong, the baby accidentally dies and Marcos, more cowardly and weaker than he meant to be, is dying of pure remorse. He confesses the crime to his boss's daughter, Ana, a girl who prostitutes herself for the sheer pleasure of sex and as an act of rebelliousness against her father. Marcos feel condemned and absolutely devastated by this death and is beyond comfort, including his wife's and Ana's. He is hopelessly falling into despair and he wants Ana to keep him company in that fall. Together they will set off on an unpromising pilgrimage to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe.