With director Luz Orlando Brennan in person!
What would you do if you had the opportunity to shape the perfect mother you always dreamed of having?
While the renowned actress Norma Reyes (76) rehearses a very bad and mediocre commercial play, where she must play an old woman with Alzheimer’s; her daughter Celeste, always overshadowed by her mother’s star, decides to move out of the house. Despite the stress of rehearsals and the pain of her daughter’s absence, Norma continues to push forward, but an unfortunate event will put both of their plans on hold. Her daughter Celeste will take this opportunity to mold from scratch the mother she always dreamed of having.
Luz Orlando Brennan is an Argentine filmmaker and theater director, born and based in Buenos Aires. Her work has been showcased at numerous prestigious festivals worldwide, including Berlinale, San Sebastián, Viennale, AFI Film Festival, Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Ottawa International Animation Festival, BFI London, and Zurich Film Festival.
The Star I Lost, her debut feature, premiered at the Cleveland International Film Festival (USA) and has since been selected for BAFICI (Buenos Aires, Argentina), SANFIC (Santiago, Chile), FAM (Florianópolis, Brazil) — where Mirta Busnelli received a Special Mention for Best Actress —, the Philadelphia Latino Arts & Film Festival (USA), the St. Louis International Film Festival (USA), the Chelsea Film Festival (New York, USA), the Martha’s Vineyard Women in Film Festival (USA), the Female Eye Film Festival (Toronto, Canada), and the Imago Film Festival (Italy), where Busnelli also won Best Actress. The film received the award for Best Narrative Feature at both the Spokane International Film Festival (Washington, USA) and Cine Las Américas (Austin, USA).
