Siesta (1987)

April 23, 2025 3:38 PM

An American skydiver wakes up in the middle of nowhere in Spain and must recount the last five agonizing days to figure out how she got there.
posted by Lemkin (4 comments total)

I don’t think I’ve ever heard of this one, but checking out the cast makes me wonder why! Directed by Mary Lambert, who then went on to direct Pet Sematary, and starring Ellen Barkin, Gabriel Byrne, Julian Sands, Isabella Rossellini, Martin Sheen, Grace Jones, and Jodie Foster! What?? Tragically, it doesn’t appear to be streaming in the U.S. on any platform. Maybe time for one of those VPN thingies.
posted by ejs at 4:13 PM on April 23

(ejs, you can watch it here).
posted by growabrain at 11:18 PM on April 23 [1 favorite]

I saw this way back when. I don’t remember too much about it but unless I’m combining a couple of movies in my memory I seem to recall that it was odd, the skydiver and the viewer didn’t know what was going on, and all was revealed with a twist at the end. It flew under the radar at the time and I don’t know why, considering the cast.
posted by ashbury at 11:55 AM on April 24

Thanks, growabrain! I look forward to watching.
posted by ejs at 3:07 PM on April 24