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La Hacienda

An interracial Latino/White couple arrives in Mexico during the Day of the Dead holiday to renovate a hacienda owned by her parents, but they soon discover it's haunted by former residents, the couple must figure out how to get the surviving member of the family to "remember" them, so the couple isn’t doomed to repeat these spirits' murderous past.

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Written by:
Format:
Screenplay
Starring Roles For:
Benicio del Toro
Michelle Williams
In the Vein Of:
Skeleton Key
Get Out
The Exorcist
Posted:
02/01/2012
Updated:
05/16/2023
Author Bio:
-2022 Thirst short film Screenings at Golden State FF, Sydney Indie Shorts, Marina Del Rey FF, Silicon Beach FF, Culver City FF & Texas Arthouse FF (partial listing) -2022 Short Story published in book titled It Could Be Anyone's Leg -2020 My 4 Bodies Screencraft Semifinalist (play) -2020 Sandwich Generation Filmmatic Semifinalist (sitcom) -2020 Water (short, preproduction) -2020 Record Man: The Bob Koester Story (in production) -2018 100,000 Miles a Second Writer/Producer (short) -2018 Page Awards Semifinalist -2018 Knight Finalist -2017 Nicholl Quarterfinalist -2017 Page Awards Semifinalist -2017 Knight Finalist -2016 Knight Finalist -2016 True Story Semifinalist for When Doves Cry -2015 Screenwriters Workshop Winner -2012 Champion Screenwriting Competition Finalist for Anatomy of a Town 2012 Contest of Contests Finalist for Anatomy of a Town -2011 Writers on the Storm Quarter-Finalist for Anatomy of a Town -2011 Chicago Screenwriters Network Finalist for One More Day -2011 Bluecat Fellini Semifinalist for Anatomy of a Town -2010/11: KCBX-FM Radio Production of Anatomy of a Town to air during the 2011 San Luis Obispo Film Festival -2010 Champion Screenwriting Competition Finalist for Anatomy of a Town -2010 Santa Fe Writer's Project Finalist for Anatomy of a Town -2010 Austin Film Festival Second Round for Anatomy of a Town -2010 SWW-MN Leave 'Em Hooked Winner for Date of Death -2010 IFP-MN Screenplay Finalist for Anatomy of a Town -2009 PAGE Awards Quarter Finalist for Anatomy of a Town -2009 IFP-MN Screenplay Finalist for Anatomy of a Town -2008 SWW-MN Leave 'Em Hooked Finalist for Anatomy of a Town -2006 Fringe Festival Production (Director/Co-Writer) -2004, IFP-MN Screenplay Finalist -University of MN graduate, BA in English Creative Writing.

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