About this Event
Presented jointly by the Instituto Cervantes of Chicago, the Instituto Cervantes of Los Angeles, UNAM Chicago, and UNAM Los Angeles.
Film Information
Title: Face Love (Amor en toda la cara)
Year: 2024
Written and directed by: Gerald Fillmore
Cast: Gerald Fillmore, Vanessa Benavente, Tito Valverde, and Mela Green
Running time: 95 minutes
Genre: Romantic comedy
Language: Spanish with English subtitles
About the Film
Winner of the Fusion Features Audience Award at the Dances With Films festival in Los Angeles and the Best Ensemble Cast Award at the Catalina Film Festival.
What happens when love must confront an ocean, a pandemic, and two lives unfolding along different paths? In Face Love (Amor en toda la cara), Gerald Fillmore invites audiences to explore this question through a romantic comedy that transcends borders, cultures, and languages to tell a profoundly human story.
Danny, a Spaniard living in Los Angeles, travels to Madrid to renew his visa. What should have been a brief stay turns into an unexpected separation when the pandemic closes international borders. While Danny finds himself stranded in Spain, Ana, his Mexican American partner, discovers in Los Angeles that she is pregnant. From that moment on, they must learn to sustain their love across the distance while confronting an uncertain future neither could have anticipated.
With humor, tenderness, and an intercultural perspective, the film explores the complexities of contemporary relationships, migration, cultural identity, and what it means to belong to more than one place.
Screening and Conversation with the Audience
The event will feature Gerald Fillmore, the film’s writer, director, and lead actor, alongside actress Mela Green. Following the screening, audience members will have the opportunity to engage in a conversation with both guests about the film’s story, its characters, and the creative process behind the production.
About Gerald Fillmore
Gerald Fillmore is a Spanish-British-American actor, screenwriter, and filmmaker, as well as Artist-in-Residence at the Instituto Cervantes in Los Angeles. His career spans film, television, and theater. He is known for his role in Netflix’s series Muertos S. L. (Death Inc.) and for his work in Spanish and international screen productions.
In Face Love (Amor en toda la cara), Fillmore writes, directs, and stars in a bilingual romantic comedy that examines migration, cultural identity, personal relationships, and the experience of living between languages and countries.
More information: https://www.geraldfillmore.com/
Event venue & nearby stays
Instituto Cervantes Chicago, 31 W Ohio St, Chicago, United States
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