(461) ANGEL OF FIRE (1992) Controversial Mexican Scorcher
4573DVD
Original
Mexican/Spanish title ANGEL DE FUEGO
director: Dana Rotberg
starring: Evangelina Sosa ˇ Roberto Sosa ˇ Lilia Aragón
ˇ Marta Aura ˇ Alejandro Parodi
In a miserable fringe-of-society
circus, young trapeze artist Alma has become the focus of the show. But
she is basically talentless, relying on flares and fire-flashes to wow
the meager audiences. However Alma is cute. And she has a nice body. Her
father - quickly approaching the twilight of his life - is a clown called
Bumble Bee. He's on a decline that began years before after his wife left
him. Now Alma warms his bed in an incestual relationship. He dies. The
girl discovers that she's pregnant. The circus manager - knowing a pregnant
Alma is of no use to him - demands that she have an abortion. But the
strong-willed girl decides to leave the circus instead. Wandering about,
she joins a traveling Evangelical group of puppeteers who use bible stories
for the street shows. The leader is Sister Refugio and she's grooming
her ['free from sin'] son to become a new messiah. Sister Refugio
convinces Alma to cleanse her soul and redeem herself. But the torturous
penance causes her to lose the baby, leading to a massive Apocalypse.
This controversial
film won numerous awards - including Best Picture - even though it was
banned and unseen in many Mexican counties. While conceptually similar
to the earlier BLOOD
ENEMY, this one is rather uncompromising in it's depressing tone.
Essentially, the message here is everything and everybody is fucked. Female
director Dana Rotberg was a documentary filmmaker who made few feature
movies.
A
Mexican film in Spanish language with optional English subtitles;
original widescreen format, totally uncut at 95 minutes, ALL REGION
NTSC,
playable on any American machine; extras include theatrical trailers
Violence/Nudity/Incest/Sexual
Brutality:
for Mature Audiences only
