Sin noticias de Dios (2001)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Agustín Díaz Yanes

Writer:

Agustín Díaz Yanes (writer)

Release Date:

30 November 2001 (Spain)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Heaven and hell are on Earth, and they're wearing heels.

Plot:

Two angels, one from the heaven (Victoria Abril) and one from the hell (Penélope Cruz), come to earth to save the soul of a boxer.

Plot Keywords:

Angel | Bible Quote | Beautiful Woman | Gun | Conspiracy

Awards:

2 wins & 18 nominations

Cast

Victoria Abril	...	Lola Nevado
Penélope Cruz	...	Carmen Ramos
Demián Bichir	...	Manny
Fanny Ardant	...	Marina D'Angelo
Juan Echanove	...	Supermarket manager
Gael García Bernal	...	Davenport
Emilio Gutiérrez Caba	...	Police chief
Cristina Marcos	...	Police officer
Gemma Jones	...	Nancy
Bruno Bichir	...	Eduardo
Elena Anaya	...	Pili
Peter McDonald	...	Henry
Alicia Sánchez	...	Checkout girl
Luis Tosar	...	Police officer
Elsa Pataky	...	Waitress in Hell

Also Known As:

Bendito infierno (Mexico) (Spain)
Don't Tempt Me (USA)
Nessuna notizia da Dio (Italy)
No News from God (USA)
Sans nouvelles de Dieu (France)
Without News of God (USA)

MPAA:

Rated R for language, some violence and sexual content.

Runtime:

Brazil:95 min | Colombia:112 min | USA:112 min

Country:

Spain | Italy | France | Mexico

Language:

Spanish | English | French | Latin

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (Dolby 5.1)

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | Brazil:14 | Finland:K-15 | Philippines:R-13 | South Korea:18 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | USA:R | Australia:MA

Company:

Altavista Films

Trivia:

The photo Lola (Victoria Abril) puts into the album shows the mother of Manny. The woman in this photo is the actress Pilar Bardem.

Quotes:

[on Carmen]
Lola Nevado: Bad people never let you down, because bad people never change

Movie Connections:

Features Goodfellas (1990)

Penelope Cruz is "Kung-Fu Fighting"!

Entertaining. Unique in style. It's a story about an angel from Heaven and a fallen angel from Hell who both compete over the soul of a boxer.

Penelope's role in this film is more of a far cry than in her previous roles. Normally, she is cast as a beautiful object of desire, as in Vanilla Sky, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, All the Pretty Horses and Woman on Top. She has even been cast as a slightly less-than-attractive, but still desired woman, as in Blow and Gothika. For the first time, Penelope Cruz is actually shot in an almost undesirable way in this film - even letting herself get beat up a couple of times. She does pull it off, and the film succeeds as an off-kilter dark comedy with that Hollywood "Heaven vs. Hell" factor added in.

It is worth it, if for nothing else, to see Penelope dance around her room "Travolta style" to the song "Kung-Fu Fighting".