Director Tomas Gomez-Bustillo magical tale, CHRONICLES OF A 
WANDERING SAINT focuses on a 
tiny rural village in Argentina, where Rita Lopez, (Monica Villa) a pious yet insatiably competitive woman, decides that staging a miracle could be her ticket to sainthood. After discovering a lost statue in the back room of her chapel, she convinces her neglected but loving husband to help her orchestrate the grand reveal that will finally anoint her 
as the most admired woman in town. But before the unveiling, a jarring turn of events illuminates the hidden magic of her world, forcing her to reevaluate everything she once took for granted. Director / Screenwriter Tomas Gomez-Bustillo (Museum of 
Fleeting Wonders) stops by to talk about his inspiration for his delightfully off kilter, magical tale of flawed people doing very human things to and for one another, recruiting this wonderful cast of actors, led by Monica Villa, Horacio Moseinco, Dahyana Turkie, Noemi Ron and Ana Silvia Mackenzie, and his reaction to the three Spirit Award nominations in 2024.
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Grand Illusion -7/6-7/11 Seattle, WA
Mystic Theatre – Opens 7/12 Nevada City, Ca
Lake Worth Playhouse – July 12, 13, 14 Lake Worth, FL
Cincinnati World Cinema – July Cincinnati, Oh
Roxie – Opens 7/19 San Francisco
Harris Theatre – 8/16 – 8/22 Pittsburgh, Pa
Rodeo Cinema – Oklahoma City
About the filmmaker – Born in Buenos Aires, Tomás Gómez Bustillo was brought up across Argentina, El Salvador, Costa Rica and the US. After studying Political Science in Buenos Aires, he relocated to LA where he earned his MFA in Directing at the American Film Institute Conservatory. After graduating, he co-founded indie production company Plenty Good. His debut feature film, CHRONICLES OF A WANDERING SAINT, starring Monica Villa premiered at SXSW 2023 to rave reviews and won the AYH Award for visionary film. It was nominated for 3 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS: Best First Feature, Best First Screenplay and Best Cinematography. Chronicles will be released theatrically in the US in 2024.
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“A triumph. An original and moving fable with elements of magical realism that explores faith, legacy, and the smallest miracles that sometimes go unnoticed.” – Rene Sanchez, Cine Sin Fronteras
“Certain moments lend Chronicles of a Wandering Saint the feel of Renaissance paintings, pairing vibrant and cool colors with an encompassing emphasis on interplay between light and shadow.” – Andy Crump, Paste Magazine
“Saint is easily among my top tier favorites of a very successful SXSW this year, and I expect it to hover near the top of my year end list when the time comes. What a debut for Gómez Bustillo, and what a performance from Mónica Villa!”- J Hurtado, ScreenAnarchy
“Bustillo’s sense of humor and beauty within his storytelling is memorable and classic, like many auteurs.” – Sabina Dana Plasse, Film Threat
“This is a very funny film. One that’s probably at its funniest when staging a death scene. It’s equal parts melancholic in its tale of rekindled love and absurdly fantastical in its bureaucratically pragmatic idea of the afterlife.” – Jared Mobarak, Hey, Have You Seen …?
“Chronicles of a Wandering Saint is sweet, funny, deadpan, and magical. A tale about love after life and the mysteries of the day to day being just as profound as those of the divine.” – Nadine Whitney, AWFJ.org