Cielo

Name: Cielo
Genre: Documentary
Released: August 15, 2018
Duration: 78 min
Rating: 71

2018

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Juno Films | Release Date: August 15, 2018 | Not Rated

Summary: Cielo is a cinematic reverie on the crazy beauty of the night sky, as experienced in the Atacama Desert, Chile, one of the best places on our planet to explore and contemplate its splendor. Director Alison McAlpine’s sublime nonfiction film drifts between science and spirituality, the arid land, desert shores and lush galaxies, expandingCielo is a cinematic reverie on the crazy beauty of the night sky, as experienced in the Atacama Desert, Chile, one of the best places on our planet to explore and contemplate its splendor. Director Alison McAlpine’s sublime nonfiction film drifts between science and spirituality, the arid land, desert shores and lush galaxies, expanding the limits of our earthling imaginations. Planet Hunters in the Atacama's astronomical observatories and the desert dwellers who work the land and sea share their evocative visions of the stars and planets, their mythic stories and existential queries with remarkable openness and a contagious sense of wonder. A love poem for the night sky, Cielo transports us to a space, quiet and calm, within which we can ponder the infinite and unknown.… Expand

Director: Alison McAlpine

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 78 min

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Nick Schager

Aug 15, 2018

Affording viewers a trip to the Chilean desert to gaze up at the crystal-clear sky, Cielo is a rapturous act of cinematic contemplation. Read full review

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Jim Slotek

Aug 9, 2018

City-dwellers may go their entire lives without realizing that the greatest movie screen of all is above their heads, telling billions of stories. Read full review

Brad Wheeler

Aug 9, 2018

A serene, existential experience from the Canadian filmmaker Alison McAlpine, who takes to Chile’s Atacama Desert to look both skyward and inward. Read full review

Clayton Dillard

Aug 13, 2018

Alison McAlpine's documentary lacks urgency beyond its persistent pondering of the sky's eternal mysteries. Read full review

Kevin Crust

Aug 23, 2018

A curious film in multiple ways, Cielo does not always achieve its lofty ambitions of transcendence. However, accompanied by the eerie silence of the desert and the plaintive wail of Philippe Lauzier’s mournful score, McAlpine’s visuals transport the viewer to a state of reflection while reminding us of the sublime beauty of the space above. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Aug 14, 2018

Ms. McAlpine’s purple musings in voice-over (“the stars tell me to go on a journey in this desert”), and the decision not to identify subjects formally until the closing credits, give the film an unnecessary fuzziness. Read full review

The Film Stage Tony Hinds

Aug 15, 2018

While these individual images are indeed powerful, the surrounding film lacks thematic depth and narrative substance, rendering it inert and rather forgettable. Read full review

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