Con Amor Margarita
Short/5min/NYC

Director: Brian Savelson

Produced by:  DavidM and Jewelz Lopez

Starring: Jewelz Lopez

The story, “Con Amor, Margarita,” relayed in this stirring project is one of determination, aspiration, love and yearning – a narrative that immigrants in the United States can relate to only too well. The plot centers on Margarita, a beautiful, hardworking Latina woman who leaves her native country to pursue her dreams of becoming a singer and dancer in America. She leaves everything behind – her family, her friends, the scenic farmlands of her birth country, and most achingly, her lover. But upon arriving in America, she finds that things were not at all what she envisioned. She’s hindered by not being able to speak English, and can only find work doing what she did back in her native country – rolling tobacco to make cigars. The story culminates in a dream-like scene in which visions from Margarita’s past and future flash before her eyes. In this truly moving sequence, she sees glimpses of herself finally being liberated and attaining her life’s wish of becoming a famous performer. But even in this soaring reverie, she’s simultaneously tortured by intense feelings of longing for her country and the love she left behind. This transcendental moment ends with Margarita reciting a beautiful prayer that conveys the multiple, conflicting feelings swirling through her mind and heart.

Director’s Bio:  Brian background is in theater where he has worked both on Broadway and Off.  At 23, he was associate Producer of A Raisin in the Sun, starring Sean-Diddy Combs, Phylicia Rashad, Audra McDonald and Sanna Lathan.

The production won two Tony Awards, broke box office records and was widely recognized for the incredibly young and diverse audience it brought to the theater.

His first short film Counting Water – producec for $17 – has been screened at over 15 film festivals across the globe, from Los Angeles to New York, Lisbon to Paris. It was screened at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, and won a special Jury Award at the Atlanta Film Festival. Both Devendra Banhart and Philip Glass contributed music to the piece.

www.conamormargarita.com