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The Star I Lost

The great actress Norma Reyes accepted to play all kinds of roles throughout her entire life, except the one being the perfect mother. As actress Norma Reyes prepares to star in a mediocre play, which she accepts after being unemployed for too long, her daughter, Celeste, 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 reboot their relationship.

  • Luz Orlando Brennan
    Director
  • Luz Orlando Brennan
    Writer
  • Diego Amson
    Producer
  • Aldana Aprile
    Producer
  • Fernando Salem
    Producer
  • Ezequiel Asnaghi
    Producer
  • Mirta Busnelli
    Key Cast
  • Ana Pauls
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    La Estrella que Perdí
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Genres:
    Drama, Comedy
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 37 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    July 2, 2023
  • Country of Origin:
    Argentina
  • Country of Filming:
    Argentina
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Luz Orlando Brennan

Luz is an Argentinian filmmaker and theater director, raised and based in Buenos Aires. She graduated as a Screenwriter at ENERC. She also studied Sociology and Literature at UBA. Her works toured many festivals around the world, like Berlinale, San Sebastian Film Festival, Viennale, AFI Film Festival, BFI London, Guadalajara Film Festival, Ottawa International Animation. As a scriptwriter, she has collaborated with numerous directors such as Natalia Meta (Death in Buenos Aires, 2014), Bárbara Cerro (Dior, 2021, Artemis, 2019) Diego Fried (The Silent Party, 2019), Ariel Martínez Herrera (Toxico, 2020), as an assistant director for the director Edgardo Castro (La Noche, Familia, Las Ranas) and as an associate producer in El prófugo (The Intruder, 2020) by Natalia Meta, selected in the 70 Berlinale Competition.

Her short film En Crítica (Critica, 2014) was screened in several festivals such as Shnit International Short Film Festival and the Sapporo International Short Film Festival (Japan), among others. Theatrically, Luz directed and adapted for stage Memento Mori based on the famous novel by Muriel Spark premiered at El Camarin de las Musas theater.

For over 10 years, she has taught screenwriting at the MFA studies in film directing at Universidad del Cine (FUC).

Currently, she is in postproduction of her first feature film The Star I Lost/ La Estrella que Perdí.

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