The dress is a short film produced independently in Los Angeles in 2016 and it was selected in several film festivals in the U.S. and overseas. I was the screenwriter, producer and director of the piece. Post-production and editing were mine as well. It is a passion project and a study for a feature film project still in development.
Logline: Orlando wants to buy his dear wife an expensive new dress, but that starts a huge dilemma in the family. He'll show his daughters real love transcends any limit.
Direction: Raphael Bittencourt
Production: Raphael Bittencourt
Executive Producers: André V.L. Bittencourt, Maria da Graça Bittencourt, Raphael Bittencourt
Direction of Photography: Martin Lasa
1st AD: Olga Solodukhina
1st AC: Pratik Shah
2nd AC: Duxiao Zhu
Gaffer: Phil Masters
Key Grip: Fausto Garcia
Grip: Nijiri Karago
Sound Mixer: Anson Zhu
Boom Operator: Jason Tozier
Production Design and Make Up: Kettelin C.Z. Bittencourt
Production Manager: Glenn A. Fuller
Associate Producers: Edmar Gualberto, Eduardo Hindi, Fernando Matos, Flavio Botelho Jr, Grabriela Quandt, John Kenneth Nobis, Kamila C.Z. Nobis, Leila Gualberto, Márcia Fabiani Botelho, Mariana Bittencourt Gualberto, Paula F Botelho, Renato Gualberto, Victoria Dannemann
Production Assistant: Ayanda Funeka Sowazi
Original Music: Marco Duboc
CAST
David Westberg as Orlando
Elena Marshall as Christine
Marília Colturato as Lilian
Teresa Tracy as Mary
Mia Broomer as the 2nd attendant
David Westberg as Orlando
Elena Marshall as Christine
Marília Colturato as Lilian
Teresa Tracy as Mary
Mia Broomer as the 2nd attendant
Special thanks to: Ana Carolina Bittencourt, André Luiz Ceccatto, Bruce Ducat, Carolina Carolan, Christine Bittencourt, Cristine Leandro, Dóris Fabiani, Eduardo Bittencourt Munhoz, Eric Durelli, Eveline Ceccatto, Fabiane Lima, Fernando Kadlu, Gustavo C. Griebeler, Iban Vaquero, Juliana Caimi, Juliane Zancanaro, Karen Kubo, Larissa Tamplin, Marcelo Maingué, Marco Duboc, Marilia Puppi, Martin Lasa, Monica Nunes, Olga Solodukhina, Pedro V.L. Bittencourt, Priscila Forone, Pryanka Patil, Raphael Campos, Regina C. Tamplin, Renato Borgert, Roberta B.T. Ribas, Verônica Lopes.
Thanks to: Adriana Saraiva, Danielle Muchau Carcereri, Gill McDonald, Izabela Gibson, João Nunes Neto, Kimberly Ogletree, Kirill Yusim, Lenir Filho, Marcelo Pierro, Nick Sivakumaran, Rhoda Pell, Shawn Sullivan