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Carmen: Valerie Buhagiar Film On VOD & In Theaters September 23
Good Deed Entertainment presents a new film, Carmen, by director Valerie Buhagiar, which arrives in theaters in New York City, Los Angeles, and other major cities on September 23rd. The film will also be arriving digitally for audiences to watch in the US and Canada on the same date previously mentioned.
Carmen is perhaps the veteran director and accomplished actor Buhagiar's most joyous film outing yet. Set in a sun-dappled village in Malta in the 1980s, Natascha McElhone gives a career-best performance as a 50-year-old woman finding a new start in life through romance. Carmen has looked after her brother, the local priest, in a small Mediterranean village, for her entire life. When the Church abandons Carmen, she is mistaken for the new priest. Carmen begins to see the world, and herself, in a new light.
In Malta, it is tradition for the younger sister to devote her life to the church when an older brother enters the priesthood. Inspired by true events, Carmen lives a life of servitude from the age of 16 until 50, when her brother dies. Realizing her own mortality, she leaves the church and makes up for lost time. Carmen is Buhagiar's third feature film as a director. She first burst on the scene as a performer in such classic Canadian films as Roadkill (1989) and Highway 61 (1991). Other indelible feature performances include Expecting (2002), A Winter Tale (2007), and Adriatico My Love (2011).
Good Deed Entertainment (GDE) is an Ohio-based independent studio dedicated to producing, financing, and distributing quality entertainment for under-served audiences. Its distribution slate includes recent releases Summertime, Ma Belle, My Beauty, and Lucky Grandma, in addition to the Academy Award-nominated, Loving Vincent, and Spirit Award-nominated, To Dust. Let us know in the comments below if you'll be watching this new film by Buhagiar.