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Straight to Heaven

1996 0h 13m ES
Fantasy
Synopsis
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Two girls in love are going to discover that a bus can take you from a traffic jam in Mexico City to a celestial place.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Behind the camera

Director
María Fernanda Suárez
Writers
Christiane Burkhard Suárez
Countries
Mexico

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RUNTIME

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Tight 13-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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30 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by María Fernanda Suárez, shot by Carlos Hidalgo. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Juan Carlos Rulfo shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez and Claudia Lobo and Javier Zaragoza carry the top of the cast.

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The take

María Fernanda Suárez directs. Carlos Hidalgo behind the camera. Juan Carlos Rulfo cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Mexico.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

  • 1Tight 13-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
  • 230 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
  • 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
  • 4Directed by María Fernanda Suárez, shot by Carlos Hidalgo. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
  • 5Editor Juan Carlos Rulfo shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
  • 6Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez and Claudia Lobo and Javier Zaragoza carry the top of the cast.

The technical file

Cinematography
Carlos Hidalgo
Editing
Juan Carlos Rulfo
Runtime
13 min · 0h 13m
Status
Released
Original language
ES

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María Fernanda Suárez

Production companies

Who made it

  • Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC)

    Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC)

    MX

Key crew

  • ProducerAlejandro González Padilla
  • ProducerCarlos Alazraki Grossman
  • ProducerA. Frederic Clapp J.L.
  • SoundLena Esquenazi
  • MusicAlejandro Giacomán
  • EditorJuan Carlos Rulfo

Release history · US

When it landed

  • Theatrical1996-01-01

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