First feature film directed by Luz Orlando Brennan

Credits: Director/ Screenwriter/ Producer

SYNOPSIS

The great actress Norma Reyes accepted to play all kinds of roles throughout her life, except the one being the perfect mother.e star I lost stars Mirta Busnelli and Ana Pauls, mother and daughter in the film as well as in real life. The great actress Norma Reyes (76), desperate to work, accepts a minor role in a very commercial and tacky play: a great-grandmother with Alzheimer’s disease opposite a very popular, up and coming actress. The script is mediocre and the rehearsals a disaster. At the same time, her daughter Celeste (28), a playwright who has been constantly overshadowed by her mother’s career, announces that she will get married and move out. Despite the stress of the premiere and the fact that her daughter will abandon her, Norma pushes herself to go on; until an unexpected incident puts Celeste’s plans on hold giving mother and daughter the opportunity to rebuild the relationship from scratch .

CAST

Mirta Busnelli, Ana Pauls, Gustavo Garzón, Ezequiel Asnaghi, Susana Varela, Fabián Arenillas, Ignacio Sánchez Mestre, Mercedes Burgos, Julieta Zapiola, Gonzalo Urtizberéa

CREW

Written & Directed by – Luz Orlando Brennan Production – Caudillo Cine/ Cine Fervor/ Picnic Producciones/ Make a Unit Producers- Diego Amson/ Fernando Salem/ Luz Orlando Brennan Coproducers- Natalia Meta Executive producers- Aldana Aprile/ Diego Amson/ Ezequiel Asnaghi/ Luz Orlando Brennan D. Photographer- Agustina Trincavelli Designer Prod- Laura Copertino Costume Designer- Mariana Seropian Editing- Daniel Casabé/ Daniela García Music- Juan Manuel Ponce- Francisco Ponce Sound Designer- Manuel de Andrés-Gerardo Kalmar

Supported by – INCAA

AWARDS

Special Mention Leading Actress Mirta Busnelli at FAM (Brasil, 2024)

Best Narrative Picture Award at Spokane International Film Festival (USA 2025)

Best Narrative Picture Award at Cine Las Americas (Austin, Texas, USA, 2025)

Best Director and Best Leading Actress at Chelsea Film Festival (NYC, USA 2025)

Winner Best Leading Actress at Imago Film Festival (Italy, 2025

FESTIVALS & SCREENINGS

Cleveland International Film Festival (USA, 2024) Official International Competition

BAFICI (Argentina, 2024) Official Selection

Constuir Cine (Argentina, 2024) Official Selection

SANFIC (Chile, 2024) Official Selection