Bella

One Person Can Change Your Life Forever

A young woman, working as a waitress for a demanding boss, finds out that she's pregnant. The father is no longer in her life. To make matters worse, she gets to work late, and is fired. The owner's brother, a chef, takes pity on her, and decides to spend the day with her, just to make sure she's okay. As the day progresses we get to know them as they get to know each other, and they help each other deal with the baggage in their lives. The film won the People's Choice award at the Toronto Film Festival.

92 minutes.
Parental Guidance.
Drama, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast	Eduardo Verástegui, Tammy Blanchard, Manny Perez, Ali Landry, Angélica Aragón, Jaime Tirelli, Ramon Rodriguez
Director	Alejandro Gomez Monteverde
Screenplay	Alejandro Gomez Monteverde, Patrick Million, Leo Severino
Music	Stephan Altman
Cinematography	Andrew Cadelago
Editing	Joseph Gutowski, Fernando Villena
Sound formats	Dolby Digital
Made in	2006
Produced by	Metanoia Films, Bella Production, Mpower Pictures, The One Media

Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
Trailer: Medium | Scroll down for embedded trailer

Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Drama
Language	None
Nudity	None
Sex	Mild references
Violence	None
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments	Poignant, ultimately positive drama with some themes that might need parental guidance and assurance for younger viewers.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Diane de Beer	5
Die Burger Mariana Malan	10
Cape Times Tasha Robinson	5
iAfrica.com Rebekah Kendal	10
24.com Natalie Sineke	15
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert he movie is a little more lightweight than the usual People's Choice Award winner at Toronto, but why not? It was the best-liked film at the 2006 festival, and I can understand that.	15
eye Weekly Jason Anderson How viewers respond to this mawkish indie hit may have everything to do with their feelings about the family values it not-so-subtly espouses.	5
ScreenIt While some cynics might not buy into it or will criticize the simple story, there are enough heartwarming and surprisingly emotional moments (the last scene is a killer, prepare to be choked up, albeit in the good way), to make Bella a winning little picture.	12
Metacritic.com 18 critics	9
Rottentomatoes critics 57 critics	11
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Critics labeled Bella as a simplistic and mostly pedestrian, but positive word of mouth gave this tiny indie surprising theatrical legs.	9
What the People say
Internet 3893 Netizens Beautiful!	15
Average .. 50%	10