''Fuera del cielo'' ( "Outside the Sky") is a Mexican film directed by Javier Patrón, and written by Guillermo Ríos and Vicente Leñero, adapted from the original script by Guillermo Ríos. The film was produced by Argos Comunicación, Fidecine, Videocine and

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, with the collaboration of

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and Ollin Studio on a budget of (approximately ). It premiered on January 12, 2007 and was distributed by

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Cast

Demián Bichir Demián Bichir Nájera (; born 1 August 1963) is a Mexican actor. After starring in telenovelas, he began to appear in Hollywood films. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in '' A Better Life''. Early life Bichir ...

as Everardo Sánchez, a.k.a. "El Malboro" * Armando Hernández as "Cucú" Sánchez *

Damián Alcázar Damián Alcázar (born January 8, 1953) is a Mexican actor and politician, who is best known outside of Mexico as Lord Sopespian in '' The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian'', Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela in the Netflix series ''Narcos'' and ...

as Officer Rojas * Rafael Inclán as Uncle Jesús * Elizabeth Cervantes as Rebeca *

Martha Higareda Martha Elba Guadalupe Higareda Cervantes () (born August 24, 1983) is a Mexicans, Mexican actress, Television producer, producer and screenwriter. Life and career Higareda was born in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico, the daughter of actress Marth ...

as Elisa *

Dolores Heredia Dolores Heredia Lerma (; born October 6, 1966) is a Mexican actress. Personal life She is the seventh of ten children who grew up in La Paz, Baja California Sur. Her mother was a photographer from Sinaloa, Lusiana Kornal and her father was a ...

as Sara * Itari Martha as Rocío * Ricardo Blume as Senator García Luna * Rosa María Bianchi as Mrs. García Luna

Production

*Length: 112 minutes *Production: Carlos Payán, Epigmenio Ibarra and Inna Payán. *Music: Emmanuel del Real, Ramiro del Real and Renato del Real. Soundtrack CD includes ten assorted pop themes, by different Mexican interpreters, and 7 instrumental themes by Emmanuel del Real. Instrumental themes are synth and vocal chords based, with an atmospheric texture. *Cinematography: Patrick Murguía *Montage: Jorge García and Javier Patrón *Production design: André Krassoievitch *Wardrobe: Malena de la Riva

Sources

Fuera del cielo es una tragedia moderna, dice Javier Patrón
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