LOGLINE
One beautiful night, a woman's exquisite life is upended when her fiancé vanishes.
One beautiful night, a woman's exquisite life is upended when her fiancé vanishes.
Marga believes her life is perfect. One magical night, her fiancé disappears. No body. No answers. Engulfed in the silence he leaves behind, she is a woman underwater. Then, a stranger's story pulls her from the deep. Now Marga must choose between the seductive promise of blind hope and the rich messiness of truth.
"People suck." That was the first line I heard when imagining this
story. Blunt, inelegant, and painfully human. It didn't arrive as a
clever provocation — it came from a quiet heartbreak, the kind that
forms when you watch people fail each other, and fail themselves.
That heartbreak opened a door into a story I couldn't turn away from —
a story about what we cling to, what we fear, and what becomes
possible once we stop looking away. I know that fear — the fear that
truth will shatter us, and the quieter, deeper fear that turning away
from it will slowly erase us.
I wanted to honor that truth quietly — with gentleness over grandeur,
feeling over explanation, and a performance drawn away from anger and
into the truth of loving without answer.
Some losses leave no body — only love with nowhere left to go. And
sometimes, choosing to walk toward what terrifies us — however broken
we may be — can become its own unexpected act of grace.
Brenda Wachel Writer/Director
Director Brenda Wachel grew up in Texas where she graduated with a television and film degree at the University of Texas in Austin, and moved to Los Angeles. She is an accomplished feature film Script Supervisor, having worked closely with critically acclaimed directors across the globe. Some notable films include, "JURASSIC PARK 3", "HIDALGO", "CAPTAIN AMERICA - THE FIRST AVENGER", "COLLATERAL", and more. Having learned from some of the very best, she ventured into writing and directing branding spots, and won the 2024 SPARK THE VOTE contest for her spot, "DEMOCRACY". She loves to give back and has become a guest speaker and mentor for young filmmakers at universities. Her most recent work has been writing and directing her first narrative short film, "IN THE DEEP”, which she is developing into a feature film.
Marga
Maria Bata
Luca
Evan Gamble
Phillip
Gui Agustini
Livia
Whitney Anderson
Ramon
Jamie Alvarez
Man in the bar
Taylor Nichols
Written & Directed By
Brenda Wachel
Produced By
Brenda Wachel
Executive Producer
Marciann Shapiro
Creative Co-Producers
Laurel Bergman & Elizabeth Jett
Co-Producers
Christopher Sadler & Celeste Bird
Director of Photography
Cameron Owen
Production Designer
Laurel Bergman
Costume Designer
Elizabeth Jet
Editors
Gib Jaffe & Roger Cooper
Sound Design
Joel Krantz
Composer
Trevor Armstrong
