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Synopsis
A tightly-knit New Mexico community devoted to God, family, and fresh Mexican food is unexpectedly thrust into the national spotlight when the face of Jesus Christ appears on a tasty tortilla as the owner and head cook prepares for the Sunday lunch rush. Isidor Navarro is the owner and proprietor of Tortilla Heaven - a modest Mexican restaurant located in the remote town of Falfurrias. Though Tortilla Heaven may indeed have the best food in all of New Mexico, the only people aware of the restaurant are the seventy-two other residents who live in Falfurrias. All of that changes one fateful Sunday, however, when the citizens of Falfurrias file into church to pray the Lord's Mass and Isidor steps into the kitchen to make some fresh tortillas. When the dough that morning proves especially hard to handle and Isidor curses the difficult mixture before slamming it down on the grill, the God-fearing cook is suddenly taken aback when the face of Jesus Christ appears on the burnt tortilla. Of course in a tiny town like Falfurrias it's impossible to keep a secret, and the very next day curious citizens are filing into Tortilla Heaven to find out if there is any truth to the rumors concerning a divine flatbread. As Isidor realizes the moneymaking potential of the culinary anomaly and begins to charge admission, worshippers begin to appear from all corners of the state and Tortilla Heaven soon begins to turn a tidy profit. Later, after a series of incredible miracles are attributed to the tortilla, a shady city-slicker named Gil Garcia appears at Tortilla Heaven throwing around such words as "expansion" and "franchising." It doesn't take much for Gil to convince Isidor to sign on the dotted line, and it's only when greed begins to plague the citizens of Falfurrias that the true miracle comes to light. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide


Production Crew

Alejandro Rivera Art Director
Mark Alan Duran Art Director
Barry Hirschfeld Associate Producer
Carolyn Caldera Associate Producer
Daniel Schneider Associate Producer
Hayden Hirschfeld Associate Producer
Michael Berman Associate Producer
Robert Madrid Associate Producer
Steven Mizel Associate Producer
Pemrick/Fronk Casting Casting
Chuy Chavez Cinematographer
Aladdin Pojhan Co-producer
Bauhaus Entertainment Co-producer
Hiroshi Kubota Co-producer
Jon Kuyper Co-producer
Margaret Hecht Rogers Co-producer
Richard Schwartz Co-producer
Chris Lennertz Composer (Music Score)
Ozomat Composer (Music Score)
Carlos Brown Costume Designer
Jennifer Parsons Costume Designer
Judy Hecht Dumontet Director
Hiroshi Kubota Editor
Rick Fields Editor
Vanick Moradian Editor
Grupo Chihuahua Executive Producer
Jeffrey Hecht Executive Producer
Larry Mizel Executive Producer
Mindy Hecht Executive Producer
David Allen Cluck First Assistant Director
Vanja Aljinovic First Assistant Director
Margaret Guerra Rogers Musical Direction/Supervision
Courtney Mizel Producer
Gilbert Dumontet Producer
Judy Hecht Dumontet Producer
Pepe Iturralde Producer
Carlos Brown Production Designer
Tony Stabley Production Designer
Joe Barnett Re-Recording Mixer
Matthew Waters Re-Recording Mixer
Judy Hecht Dumontet Screenwriter
Julius Robinson Screenwriter
Cormac Funge Sound/Sound Designer
Jane Boegel Sound/Sound Designer
Kenneth Wiatrak Visual Effects Supervisor
Year: 2007
Runtime: 97
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: PG13
for some nudity and sexual humor
Category: Feature

Genre
Comedy Drama

Color type
Deluxe

Sound
Dolby Digital

Produced by
Bauhaus Entertainment
Dumontet
Iturralde
Miracle Films

Release
March 16, 2007 (USA)
by Archangel Releasing