“Until Next Time”
One woman’s provocative journey to finding
the
spirit of her one true love…
Starring
Kimberly Prendez,
Alejandro De Hoyos, Kathi Carey,
Jeff Torres, Sean Ross, Kyle Ingleman
Directed by Jay Guffey
Written and Produced by Kimberly Prendez
Gabriella and Anthony had a beautiful
relationship. They shared a love that was so spiritual,
inspiring and often unexplained even to them. It was a love affair that
others only dreamed off.
Then Anthony was abruptly shipped off to war. After months of writing
letters back and forth,
Anthony’s letters suddenly stopped. A short time later Gabriella received
news that Anthony
had been killed during the war like so many other soldiers.
Heartbroken and lost, Gabriella retreated to
the home she shared with Anthony.
The memories of their love affair pacified her at first but quickly became
painful
reminders of the love she’d never have again. She became a recluse,
often unable to simply get out of bed. Her life as she knew it was over
but she was desperate to find that love again.
Anthony had always told Gabriella that their
spirits were connected
and that simple notion launches Gabriella’s quest to “find” Anthony’s spirit.
She begins a journey into a world she believes only Anthony would
understand.
It becomes a journey of sensuality, experimentation and seduction,
and it never leaves her bedroom. Gabriella’s quest to reunite with Anthony’s
spirit
fills her with hope as she forges relationships with a cadence of mail visitors.
Word spreads of Gabriella’s actions and the tight knit neighborhood begins
to rally against her. With no success in finding Anthony’s spirit
Gabriella becomes more desperate and her interactions
with her male visitors escalates to a physical altercation.
Gabriella looses all expectation of finding
her one true reason for living:
Anthony’s spirit. With the entire community infuriated with her
provocative
behavior Gabriella is confronted by the neighborhood’s matriarch, Mrs.
Collins.
Everything in Gabriella’s life is lost, her one true love, her home,
and all sense of hope. However, instead of simple criticism,
Mrs. Collins offers understanding, compassion and ultimately a chance
to truly live. Now Gabriella must reconcile her lost love with her
own reasons for living. And there is only one person who can help her: Anthony.
Gabriella must decide if she will join Anthony in his world
or will she choose to truly live in hers.
This film has a definite film noir feel especially
in the first half.
It was shot on super 16 black and white film.
As the writer, Kimberly wanted to show the extreme of what one can
go through
after losing a love. A love that was so deep, so connected, so much
that
you feel like life can't go on once it's gone.
A letter to Gabriella from Anthony, his last one...
My sweet lovely Gabriella. I miss you so much.
Being
over here, being away from you is very difficult.
Our love is so strong, so
intense. I feel you
with me even when we’re apart. I have never shared or
experienced this connection with anyone else, my love.
It’s as if our souls
recognized each other when we met.
It was meant for us to be together.
Gabriella,
my love for you is so deep it will never fade.
When we make love it
is so passionate...so perfect.
Gabriella you have to know if it
wasn’t for our
deep connection and love,
we would not be able to love and make love like we do.
We would not be able to share what we share.
I know you hate it when I talk of
death but
I want you to know if I should pass,
my spirit will always be with you
,
so there will be no need for you to be sad.
Allow yourself to move on,
be
happy, be open and love again.
Remember, don’t look for love,
it will come to
you.