Dark Heaven

Joel Calero's Dark Heaven (Peru, 2012) - Toño (Lucho Cáceres) is a middle-aged man who owns a fabric store in Lima. He is separated from his wife and has a young son. One day, destiny puts Natalia, a young theater student, in his path and they embark on a relationship. But what appear to be sunny skies for Toño turn gray when one of Natalia’s old boyfriends joins her theater group. Plagued with jealousy, Toño can no longer find a moment’s peace, his business goes south and he finds himself on a path of destruction from which there is no turning back. Loosely based on Claude Chabrol’s L’enfer, Cielo oscuro is a promising debut for the Peruvian critic Calero, whose editing imbues the story with meaning, offering the viewer a bona-fide description of daily life in Lima through his main character, played by the very capable Lucho Cáceres, who has an inimitable screen presence. 2013CAR. RATING: 4