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La Dama Blanca

Butler Sancho deeply cares for his mistress, the once famous actress ‘La Dama Blanca’. He cooks great meals for her and brings her coffee, just the way she desires it. While La Dama enjoys his care and lives a comfortable life, she is till pained by the loss of her greatest love, actor Francis. The portrait of her beautiful former lover is what she cherishes most and their memories are the only place where she can meet him daily. Sancho is troubled over this daily ritual and thinks it’s time for change. Will he be able to chase this ghost of the past out of La Dama’s mansion?

Logline

After seeing his mistress La Dama Blanca wheep once again over her long lost love, butler Sancho decides it’s time te break out of their daily routine to chase away this ghost of the past.

  • Guus de Sain
    Director
  • Laura Quast
    Writer
  • Guus de Sain
    Writer
  • Hester Jonkhout
    Writer
    From Dirt
  • Guus de Sain
    Producer
  • Rina Penso
    Key Cast
    Almacita di Desolato, Ava & Gabriël, Mi Ta Hasi Mi Kos
  • Giovanni Abath
    Key Cast
    Tula The Revolt
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    30 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    May 1, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    25,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Curaçao
  • Country of Filming:
    Curaçao
  • Language:
    Papiamento
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Caribbean Tales Film Festival
    Toronto
    Canada
    September 16, 2021
    North American
    Best Cinematography Award
Director Biography - Guus de Sain

Guus de Sain is a Dutch theater director who remigrated to Curaçao five years ago. Over there he got the inspiration to film one of his plays he created in the 80's on the island: La Dama Blanca. La Dama Blanca is his first film production.

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