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Battle in Heaven is a mexicain film of genre Drama directed by Carlos Reygadas released in USA on 20 february 2006

Battle in Heaven (2005)

Battle in Heaven
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Released in USA 20 february 2006
Length 1h38
Directed by
OriginMexique
Genres Drama
Rating55% 2.7548452.7548452.7548452.7548452.754845

Battle in Heaven (Spanish: Batalla en el cielo) is a 2005 Mexican-French-German film. It is the second feature film by director Carlos Reygadas who previously directed the Mexican film Japón. It was entered into the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. Reygadas has said about this film: "it’s my problem child, and therefore the film of mine I love the most."

Synopsis

Marcos (Marcos Hernández) is a working class man in Mexico, employed by "the general." Marcos learns that the baby that he and his wife kidnapped for ransom had accidentally died. The remainder of the film follows a despondent Marcos, seemingly haunted by the moral and/or legal implications of his actions.

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