A Beautiful Dream (2020)

6.5/10 74 min Documentary

Overview

"For her next movie, De eso no se habla, María Luisa Bemberg needs a dwarf". That was an ad on local media during preproduction of the movie that would become the last od the director. Among the peoplewho responded the ad was Alejandra Podestá, who ended up getting the leading role along Marcello Mastroianni. Through testimonies of varios friends, members of the crew and the words by Alejandra herself, who was brutally murdered in 2011, A Beautiful Dream tells us the story of the making of the film and the relationship between Bemberg and Podestá, which winds up being a tribute to both women.

Cast

Lita Stantic

Herself

Alejandro Maci

Himself

Jorge Goldenberg

Himself

Félix "Chango" Monti

Himself

María Luisa Bemberg

Herself (archive footage)

Alejandra Podestá

Herself (archive footage)

Liliana Abayieva

María Luisa Bemberg

Victoria Aragón

Madre de Alejandra

Recommendations

As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
Filmworker
Frida
The Class of ‘92
Finders Keepers
Rich Hill
Seduced and Abandoned
Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me
Casting By
In the Realms of the Unreal
My Mom Jayne
Heart of a Dog
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story
Public Speaking
Naqoyqatsi
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me
Fuck
Katy Perry: Part of Me
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside