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
Ángel Alcázar	...	Encargado supermercado
Paz Gómez	...	Cajera Joven
Mercedes Arbizu	...	Cajera 1
Vicenta N'Dongo	...	Cajera
Montse G. Romeu	...	Cajera Embarazada (as Monste García Romeu)
Peter Yapp	...	Hombre Infierno
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Teresa Arbolí
Perry Blanks
José Ramon Cadiñanos
Lia Chapman
Yohana Cobo
Lyanne Collier
Juan Ignacio Duran
John Franklyn-Robbins
Elia Galera
Jeronimo Garcia
Gerardo Giacinti
Charlie Lázaro	...	Policía 2, Sec. 104
Donovan Libring	...	Lawyer
José Manuel Lorenzo
Cristina Lumbreras
Fernando Millán
Pablo Olewski		(as Pablo Olewsky)
Marta Perez Cano
Arturo Venegas
Javier Bardem	...	Tony Graco (uncredited)
Pilar Bardem	...	Manny's mother (in a photo) (uncredited)

Directed by
Agustín Díaz Yanes

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Agustín Díaz Yanes		writer

Produced by
Mariela Besuievski	....	associate producer
Eduardo Campoy	....	producer
Thierry Forte	....	co-producer
Mercedes Gamero	....	associate producer
Edmundo Gil	....	executive producer (as Edmundo Gil Casas)
Edmundo Gil	....	producer (as Edmundo Gil Casas)
Gerardo Herrero	....	producer
José Manuel Lorenzo	....	associate producer
Paloma Molina	....	line producer
Andrea Occhipinti	....	co-producer
Fernando Martin Sanz	....	associate producer
Tadeo Villalba hijo	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Bernardo Bonezzi

Cinematography by
Paco Femenia

Film Editing by
José Salcedo

Casting by
Beatriz Sequeira		(as Béatriz Sequeira)

Production Design by
Javier Fernández

Costume Design by
Sonia Grande

Makeup Department
Manolo García	....	hair stylist
Whitney James	....	makeup designer
Ana Lozano	....	makeup designer
Antonio Panizza	....	hair stylist
Mamen Peña	....	assistant hair stylist
Pilar Urena	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Ariel Alcalde	....	assistant production manager
Angélica Huete	....	production manager
Myriam Marin-Celibert	....	production manager: France
Paloma Molina	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Richard Diment	....	second assistant director
Juan Jiménez	....	second assistant director
Charlie Lázaro	....	assistant director

Art Department
Gonzalo Anso	....	props
Abraham Arias	....	assistant art director
Paco Calonge	....	property master
Raúl Fernández	....	props
Javier Mampaso	....	assistant decorator
David Muñoz	....	props
Nacho Ordas	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Nacho Arenas	....	assistant sound editor
José Antonio Bermúdez	....	sound re-recording mixer
Álex F. Capilla	....	assistant sound editor
Diego Garrido	....	sound mixer
Patrick Ghislain	....	foley mixer
Pelayo Gutiérrez	....	sound editor
Fabio Huete	....	boom operator
Iván Mayoral	....	adr recordist
Julien Naudin	....	foley artist
Antonio Rodríguez 'Mármol'	....	sound mixer
Nacho Royo	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Carlos Martín	....	special effects
Pedro Moreno	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Nacho Cepero	....	digital compositor
Rafa Solorzano	....	digital effects (as Rafael Solorzano)
Juan Tomicic	....	digital effects
Carlos Trijueque	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Silvia Carballo	....	stunts
Ignacio Carreño	....	stunt coordinator
César Martínez	....	stunts
Veronica Perona	....	stunt double
Enrique Plata	....	stunts
César Solar	....	stunts
Vanesa Uguina	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Fabrice Anut	....	key grip
Maurice Bricler	....	grip
Carlos Carcas	....	second assistant camera
Rafael García Martos	....	gaffer
Laurent Héritier	....	gaffer
Teresa Isasi	....	still photographer
Valentin Monge	....	Steadicam operator
Jaime Rebato	....	assistant camera
Luis Alfonso Robles	....	grip (as Alfonso Robles)
Edmundo Sanz	....	key grip
Anselmo Villalba	....	grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Paco Delgado	....	assistant costumer
Carmen Mateos	....	wardrobe
Pepe Reyes	....	assistant costumer
Victoria Velázquez	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Patricia Martínez	....	assistant editor
Rosa Ortiz	....	assistant editor (as Rosa María Ortiz)

Other crew
María Alberich	....	production secretary
Javier Bellot	....	publicist
Elena Gil Nagel	....	script supervisor
Mimi Godard	....	production coordinator
Raquel Martín	....	production assistant
Javier Rubio	....	production assistant
Diego Sabanés	....	production assistant
Cristina San Cayo	....	production coordinator

Production Companies

• Altavista Films
• Creativos Asociados de Radio y Televisión (CARTEL)
• D.M.V.B. Films
• Ensueño Films
• Evescreen
• Flamenco Films S.A.
• France 2 Cinéma
• TF1
• TPS Cinéma
• TeleMadrid
• Tornasol Films

Distributors

• Cinema Mondo (2002) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Central Partnership (Russia)
• Crest International
• First Look International (2003) (USA) (subtitled)
• Laurenfilm (Spain)
• Lucky Red
• Palisades Pictures (2003) (worldwide) (all media)
• Vision Distribution

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)

Enjoyable film, comic use of languages

This is quite an enjoyable comedy, tough it probably is not for all cultures. The idea of an outdated, black & white French Heaven and an English speaking hell run by Brits with a sick sense of humor and a corrupt Mexican manager with a Swiss passport is brilliant. The use of Latin as the lingua franca between devils and saints is absolutely comic. Even if the screenplay has some loopholes and flaws, the dialogue was hilarious; the acting, in most cases, very good, and it has some unforgettable characters: like the the corrupt woman cop, capable of punching the devil himself.