Bella (film)

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Bella
Directed by	Alejandro Gomez Monteverde
Produced by	Sean Wolfington Alejandro Gomez Monteverde Denise Pinckley Leo Severino Eduardo Verástegui
Written by	Alejandro Gomez Monteverde Patrick Million Leo Severino
Starring	Eduardo Verástegui Tammie Blanchard Manny Perez Ali Landry
Cinematography	Andrew Cadelago
Editing by	Joseph Gutowski Fernando Villena
Running time	91 minutes
Language	English Spanish
Budget	$4,300,000

Bella (2006)- In director Alejandro Gomez Monteverde's emotional tale of self-discovery, two people whose lives are about to be changed forever discover that sometimes it takes losing it all to finally appreciate the things that truly matter. Starring Mexican actor Eduardo Verastegui (Chasing Papi) and Emmy award winning Tammy Blanchard (The Good Shepherd), Bella is a heartwarming story about life, family, relationships and our capacity for love in the face of the unexpected.

Bella took top prize at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival by winning the highly-coveted “Peoples Choice Award”, a distinction which puts them in the company of such Oscar-winning films as Chariots of Fire, American Beauty, Life is Beautiful, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hotel Rwanda. Last year's winner of the “People’s Choice" Award, Tsotsi, won an Oscar for best foreign-language film.

Bella marks the feature directorial debut for Alejandro Monteverde, who also co-wrote its original screenplay with Patrick Million. Bella features Manuel Perez, Angelica Aragon, Jaime Terelli and Ali Landry. Bella was produced by Sean Wolfington, Eduardo Verastegui, Leo Severino, Alejandro Monteverde and Denise Pinckley and executive produced by J. Eustace Wolfington, Ana Wolfington and Stephen McEveety. The film was financed by producers Sean Wolfington and Eustace Wolfington. McEveety (Braveheart, We Were Soldiers, Passion of the Christ) consulted on the script and signed on as an Executive Producer to help market the movie. Bella is McEveety's first release under his nascent Mpower Films moniker and marks his first feature since ankling Mel Gibson's Icon productions.