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- Release date: 2007
- Runtime: 94 min
- Genre: Comedy
- Starring: José Zúñiga, Miguel Sandoval, Olivia Hussey, Elpidia Carrillo ... See all
- Director: Judy Hecht Dumontet
- Plot: Isidor's Tortilla Heaven is the best restaurant in New Mexico maybe even the world. But though his tortillas are scrumptious, his enchiladas divine, Isidor has never made a dime. Why?... Read more
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TORTILLA HEAVEN Rated:PG-13 For movie details, please click here .
The contrary Isidor turns instead to a fast-talking hustler (Miguel Sandoval) passing through town with three slinky sirens whose only apparent names are "Number One," "Number Two" and "Number Three.
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| Feb 27, 2007The Trades
A light comedy with a few sluggish bits, "Tortilla Heaven" is a "masa" see for fans of magical realism -- a modern parable of frienship and faith.
Throughout the film, there's no doubt that Miguel Sandoval's character is none other than the devil himself, displaying some miraculous powers of his own when no one is paying attention, and Sandoval delivers a show-stealing performance.
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| Apr 06, 2007Christianity Today
Although Tortilla Heaven is undeniably irreverent at times, it does so rather reverently.
While Tortilla Heaven certainly is suffused with religious themes, it is, nonetheless, overtly critical at times, leveling cinematic charges at the community of faith.
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0 Comments Tortilla Heaven is an independent film of the likes that we really don't see anymore.This film centers around Isidor (Jose Zuniga), the owner of Tortilla Heaven. ... Full Article
NEW YORK (CNS) -- A well-meaning misfire, the low-budget "Tortilla Heaven" (Archangel Entertainment) chronicles the wacky complications that ensue in a devout Southwestern hamlet when the image of Jesus manifests itself in a most unusual way. ... Full Article
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