El Septimo Cielo


1h 36m 1997

Brief Synopsis

A tropical melodrama set in Manhattan's vanishing red zone, Hell's Kitchen. Joselito, a Colombian immigrant who has just been discharged from the navy, returns to his mother's apartment, shared by his brother and his grandmother. Through trials with his stripper ex-girlfriend, a green card, a missin

Film Details

Also Known As
Septimo Cielo, Seventh Heaven
Release Date
1997
Production Company
Hidden Eye Productions

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 36m

Synopsis

A tropical melodrama set in Manhattan's vanishing red zone, Hell's Kitchen. Joselito, a Colombian immigrant who has just been discharged from the navy, returns to his mother's apartment, shared by his brother and his grandmother. Through trials with his stripper ex-girlfriend, a green card, a missing $10,000 dollars, a visit to the morgue, AA meetings, and the NYC Marathon, Joselito must decide restitching the fragments of his tattered life or being cooked in a kettle a personal demons in the infernal heat of Hell's Kitchen.

Film Details

Also Known As
Septimo Cielo, Seventh Heaven
Release Date
1997
Production Company
Hidden Eye Productions

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 36m

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Miscellaneous Notes

Feature directorial debut for Juan Fischer.

Shown at Independent Feature Film Market (IFFM) in New York City September 14-21, 1997.

35mm

color