AMANDA tries to make sense of her life by questioning her undervalued role as a woman.
She stands against her early and arranged marriage while she seeks for answers to her meaningless life and abused childhood.
She turns to the local priest for answers who immersed in his dogmatism, refuses to help her.
With a troubled mind and no other choice, Amanda resorts to magical-religious entities, and following their instructions she begins a long journey to Haiti.
She will have to fight her demons and face her deppest fears in order to forgive her past and become the woman she was always meant to be.
AMANDA tries to make sense of her life by questioning her undervalued role as a woman.
She stands against her early and arranged marriage while she seeks for answers to her meaningless life and abused childhood.
She turns to the local priest for answers who immersed in his dogmatism, refuses to help her.
With a troubled mind and no other choice, Amanda resorts to magical-religious entities, and following their instructions she begins a long journey to Haiti.
She will have to fight her demons and face her deppest fears in order to forgive her past and become the woman she was always meant to be.
Amanda.
Drama, Magical Realism.
Spanish.
100 mins.
Prompt for Pre-production.
Co-Production
Funding
Distribution and Sales
José Gómez De Vargas. (IMDb)
Emporium Media, Tony Gómez Guzmán. (IMDb)
Frankie Baez. (IMDb)
AMANDA tells about liberation. Depicts a woman finding her identity, rebelling against social prejudices, her own limiting beliefs and the past traumas that keep her from breaking free. She will realize that her liberation lies within her.
AMANDA is an adaptation of the successful play by the same name, written and directed by Giovanny Cruz, a recognized figure in the Dominican literature.
AMANDA takes place in the 80’s in the rural area of the Dominican Republic. Is inspired by the Caribbean folklore, the magical religious syncretism practiced not only in the Caribbean but also in all Latin America and Africa.
AMANDA tells about liberation. Depicts a woman finding her identity, rebelling against social prejudices, her own limiting beliefs and the past traumas that keep her from breaking free. She will realize that her liberation lies within her.
AMANDA is an adaptation of the successful play by the same name, written and directed by Giovanny Cruz, a recognized figure in the Dominican literature.
AMANDA takes place in the 80’s in the rural area of the Dominican Republic. Is inspired by the Caribbean folklore, the magical religious syncretism practiced not only in the Caribbean but also in all Latin America and Africa.
Emporium Media, founded in 2011, is a film and television production company. Our aim is the production of movies with a universal language encouraging co-production with different countries and the conquest of markets with different languages and geographies.
