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  • 2018
  • Seafar North
  • 1 h 18 m
  • 2018
  • Seafar North
  • 1 h 18 m
Cielo

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, expanding...

Directed By: Alison McAlpine

Written By: Alison McAlpine

  • 2018
  • Seafar North
  • 1 h 18 m
  • 2018
  • Seafar North
  • 1 h 18 m

Cielo

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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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, expanding...

Directed By: Alison McAlpine

Written By: Alison McAlpine

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
71
63% Positive
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38% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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100
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.
By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW
100
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.
By Jim Slotek FULL REVIEW
75
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.
By Brad Wheeler FULL REVIEW
63
Aug 13, 2018
Alison McAlpine's documentary lacks urgency beyond its persistent pondering of the sky's eternal mysteries.
By Clayton Dillard FULL REVIEW
60
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.
By Kevin Crust FULL REVIEW
50
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.
By Tony Hinds FULL REVIEW
50
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.
By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Second Sight Pictures, Argus Films, Errante Producciones
Release Date Aug 15, 2018
Duration 1 h 18 m
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Website http://www.alisonmcalpine.com/
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Awards

Byron Bay International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Salem Film Fest, US
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Santiago International Film Festival - SANFIC
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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