Lea

... Soliloquy

Lea, an opera singer, wanders around the city before her first rehearsal of Aida... from one place to another, in search of something she can't quite explain.

Powerful images from her past emerge when people ask her what's worrying her. She doesn't feel like going home anymore to prepare, where she just recently started to live alone. Her daughter Kara moved out a few days before.

When she arrives to the theater for the first rehearsal, she finds the entire cast has been waiting for her for about an hour. After an argument with the director Eugenio, she storms out feeling she has been wrongly accused of being late. On her way back downtown, she reluctantly goes home. After a long introspection and impromptu visit from Kara, she finds the strength and desire to resume her Aida experience with the blessing of Eugenio.

International Black Women Film Festival, 2005

Achievement Awards, The Putnam County Film & Video Festival