CIELO
Window On The World
As one the most spectacularly cinematic films of the Film Festival, a young indigenous Bolivian girl embarks on a rollercoaster journey to take her mother out of a life of hardship and into eternal paradise.
Santa (Fernanda Gutiérrez Aranda) embarks on a mission across barren landscapes to fulfil a promise to her mother.
Along the way she encounters a shady priest, a group of wild female wrestlers and, initially, her nemesis: a gruff policeman (Fernando Arze Echalar) who arrests Santa before coming to suspect that she has miraculous powers.
There is a magical realism to this film that will leave you gasping with wonder and joy, along with the odd jolt of sharp reality. Filmed across the high-altitude Altiplano and Yungas regions of Bolivia, near the capital of La Paz, we are treated to the most stunning cinematography… and we are lucky to have the UK-based director Alberto Sciamma and cinematographer Alex Metcalfe with us for a Q&A where we can ask them about their craft.
