Todas las Azafatas van al Cielo
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| Directed by | Daniel Burman |
| Produced by | Pablo Bossi Pedro D'Angelo Diego Dubcovsky José María Morales |
| Written by | Daniel Burman Emiliano Torres |
| Starring | Alfredo Casero Ingrid Rubio Emilio Disi Valentina Bassi Norma Aleandro |
| Music by | Víctor Reyes |
| Cinematography | Ramiro Civita |
| Editing by | Alejandro Chomski Ana Díaz Epstein Miguel Pérez |
| Distributed by | BD Cine |
| Release date(s) | Argentina: March 21 2002 Spain: April 5, 2002 |
| Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country |  Argentina Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
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Todas las azafatas van al cielo (English: Every Stewardess Goes to Heaven) is a 2002 Argentine and Spanish film directed by Daniel Burman and writen by Burman and Emiliano Torres.[1]
The picture was produced by Pablo Bossi, Pedro D'Angelo, Diego Dubcovsky and José María Morales.
It stars Alfredo Casero as Julián and Ingrid Rubio as the air hostess Teresa.
The film won two awards: one at the Festróia - Tróia International Film Festival in Portugal and another at the Santa Fe Film Festival, New Mexico, USA.
The metaphorical romantic comedy-drama is about a widowed dentist and a free-spirited airline flight-attendant (who the director believes seem to hold a certain fascination in western culture).
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[edit] Plot
The film tells of Julián (Alfredo Casero) an overweight dentist who is emotionally upset due to the unexpected suicide of his flight-attendant wife.
Julián makes the decision to travel to the Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, where they first met, in order to scatter his beloved wife's ashes and to follow his wife in death by ending his own life by freezing to death.
He soon meets meets Teresa (Ingrid Rubio) who turns out to be a free-spirited young stewardess unhappy in love.
During a stop-over at the end of a cold ski lift ride, they meet when both attempt to commit suicide at the same time by standing out in the snow. Instead of tragedy, they go get a warm drink and begin to grow to like each other. After spending the night together, they depart.
She tries to get back to work but has problems because of terrorist threats at the airport.
Julián, crashes his rental, but survives. He starts to appreciate life again and tries to find her.
Fate pushes them back together.
[edit] Background
[edit] Filming locations
The film was shot in Buenos Aires and Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.
[edit] Exhibition
The film was first featured in Argentina on March 21, 2002. It screened in sixteen countries worldwide. The motion picture premiered in Spain on April 5, 2002 and in Portugal June 2002, where it won an award at the Festróia Film Festival.
It was presented at various film festivals, including: the Helsinki International Film Festival, Finland; the Warsaw Film Festival, Poland; the Gent International Film Festival, Belgium; the Bergen International Film Festival, Norway; Newport Beach Film Festival, Newport Beach, California; and others.
[edit] Critical reception
The motion picture received mixed reviews from film critics. Reviewer Fred Thom, writing for the La Plume Noir, liked the look of the film. He said, "The director multiplies allegories, making the stewardess an angel whose wings would be those of a plane while the hospital shown to us like a corridor towards another life. The images pass slowly, posed and quiet, supported by an atmospheric soundtrack, making Every Stewardess Goes To Heaven a visually bewitching work."[2]
Film citic Neil Young liked the film. He said, "Burman aims to craft a frothy lampoon of people whose are fine in the air, hopeless on the ground. While some of the aeroplane-terrorism jokes may seem somewhat awkward post-9/11, it’s hard to avoid being carried along: like the cobbled-together plane we keep hearing about through the film, this may be a slightly ungainly and enterprise, but it gets quite nimbly from A to B."[3]
Yet, Robert Hunter, writing for the Hollywood Reporter thought the film was a "diverting but lackluster romancer" and the story needed some visuals to make it more interesting. He said, "[T]his flight of fancy needs every glimpse of the location's glaciers, soaring white peaks and stormy skies."[4]
[edit] Cast and ratings
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| Argentina: | 13 |
| Australia: | M |
| Belgium: | KT |
| Netherlands: | AL |
| Spain: | T |
| United States: | Not Rated |
- Alfredo Casero as Julián
- Ingrid Rubio as Teresa
- Emilio Disi as Señalero
- Valentina Bassi as Lili
- Verónica Llinás as Enfermera
- Kayne Di Pilato as Camila
- Norma Aleandro as Madre de Teresa
- Rodolfo Samsó as Piloto
- Nazareno Casero as Concerje
- Daniel Hendler as Taxista
- Catalina Rautenberg as Modelo
- José Fabio Sancinetto as Farmacéutico
- Mónica Sancinetto as Farmacéutico
[edit] Awards
Wins
- Festróia - Tróia International Film Festival: Golden Dolphin; Daniel Burman; 2002.
- Santa Fe Film Festival: Luminaria Award; Best Latino Film; 2002.
- Newport Beach Film Festival: Best Director; Daniel Burman; 2003.
Nominations
- AFI Film Festival: Grand Jury Prize; 2002.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Todas Las Azafatas Van Al Cielo at the Internet Movie Database.
- ^ Thom, Fred. Le Plume Noir, film review, 2003.
- ^ Young, Neil. Jigsaw Lounge, film review, March 15, 2002.
- ^ Hunter, Robert. The Hollywood Reporter, film review, Novermber 11, 2002.
[edit] External links
- Todas las azafatas van al cielo at the cinenacional.com (Spanish).
- La Butaca film review (Spanish).
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