Don't Tempt Me (2001) Sin noticias de Dios (original title)

Director:

Agustín Díaz Yanes

Writer:

Agustín Díaz Yanes

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 and one from the hell, come to earth to save the soul of a boxer.

Plot Keywords:

Soul | Hell | Heaven | Boxer | Fight

Awards:

3 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:
Juan Carlos Martínez Antuña	...	Armand
Teresa Arbolí
Perry Blanks
Joserra Cadiñanos		(as José Ramon Cadiñanos)
Lia Chapman
Yohana Cobo
Lyanne Collier
César Comas
Juan Ignacio Duran
John Franklyn-Robbins
Elia Galera
Jero García
Gerardo Giacinti
Donovan Libring	...	Lawyer
José Manuel Lorenzo
Cristina Lumbreras
Charlie Lázaro	...	Policía 2, Sec. 104
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

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
Fernando Martín Sanz	....	associate producer
Paloma Molina	....	line producer
Andrea Occhipinti	....	co-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
Montse Damas	....	additional crowd makeup
Manolo García	....	hair stylist
Whitney James	....	makeup designer
Ana Lozano	....	makeup designer
Antonio Panizza	....	hair stylist
Mamen Peña	....	assistant hair stylist
Pilar Ureña	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Ariel Alcalde	....	assistant production manager
Angélica Huete	....	production manager
Claire Langmann	....	assistant 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 Ansó	....	props
Abraham Arias	....	assistant art director
Paco Calonge	....	property master
Raúl Fernández	....	props
Javier Mampaso	....	assistant decorator
David Muñoz	....	props
Nacho Ordás	....	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-Villanova	....	sound editor
Ricardo Viñas	....	dolby sound consultant

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
Eduardo Moratilla	....	stunt performer
Veronica Perona	....	stunt double
Enrique Plata	....	stunts
Juan José Rodríguez	....	stunts
César Solar	....	stunts
Vanesa Uguina	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Fabrice Anut	....	key grip
Jorge Barros	....	electrician
Maurice Bricler	....	grip
Carlos Carcas	....	second assistant camera
Rafael García Martos	....	gaffer
Laurent Héritier	....	gaffer
Igor Iglesias	....	video assist
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

Casting Department
Marta Velázquez	....	casting coordinator

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
Fabio Diéguez	....	animal trainer coordinator
Elena Gil Nagel	....	script supervisor
Mimi Godard	....	production coordinator
Blanca Li	....	choreographer
Raquel Martín	....	production assistant
Javier Rubio	....	production assistant
Diego Sabanés	....	production assistant
Cristina San Cayo	....	production coordinator
François Vila	....	press agent

Production Companies

• Flamenco Films S.A.
• Tornasol Films
• Cartel Films
• TeleMadrid
• Ensueño Films
• DMVB Films
• Evescreen
• Vía Digital (with the participation of)
• Antena 3 Televisión (with the participation of)
• France 2 Cinéma (with the participation of)
• TPS Cinéma (with the participation of)
• TF1 International (with the participation of)
• Tele (with the participation of)
• Altavista Films (with the participation of)
• Eurimages (with the support of)

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)
• TVA (2003) (Canada) (DVD)
• Vision Distribution

Also Known As:

"Sin noticias de Dios" - Spain (original title)
"Bendito Infierno (Don't Tempt Me)" - USA (DVD title)
"No News from God" - USA
"Welcome! Heaven" - Japan (English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language, some violence and sexual content

Runtime:

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

Country:

Spain | France | Italy | Mexico

Language:

Spanish | English | French | Latin | Portuguese

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (Dolby 5.1)

Certification:

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 | Netherlands:12

Company:

Flamenco Films S.A.

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:

[first lines]
Carmen Ramos:History vindicates us, and you know it.
Lola Nevado:History vindicates no one. History's a deaf man answering questions he wasn't asked.

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".