Sui Caedere

Producer Martin Nuza has been busy with the latest short film for Gold Productions Studios called "Sui Caedere". Shot on location in an old hotel in San Roque over the period of three very extensive days, the film is set in an old country mansion at the turn of the century.

The film tells the story of a young woman who misses her beloved husband in the loneliness of her big, isolated mansion. One night, she starts hearing strange noises and begins to feel she's not alone. Suddenly, a mysterious woman wearing a bride dress starts to haunt her.

Scared and helpless, the young woman runs and hides while trying to find out who the bride is, but what she doesn't know is that the bride's identity might be linked to her own past. Mr Nuza chose Gibraltarian actress Kathryne Estella to play the main role of the young woman, mainly for her talent in acting and interpretation.

"I am very pleased that Kathryne agreed to play the main role, as the story flows emotionally with her first class dramatic and emotional portrayal of the young woman. Her determination was overwhelming and she gave us one hundred percent throughout the three days of shooting. She is a very talented young woman indeed." Explains Mr Nuza.

The ten cast and crew members literally lived in the real haunted mansion in San Roque during those three days, working nonstop and around the clock. "It was very creepy, as we were making a suspense, mystery film inside an actual haunted house where more than one of us heard unexplained noises and felt strange presences. The temperature would drastically drop and all of the sudden it would be ice cold on set whilst seconds later it would be normal again. In a way this gave the actresses that extra help of realism to their roles." Explains Mr Nuza.

The film is based on an idea by Ms K. Estella and Ms S. Mcphillips, directed by Mr F. Gabaldon and co-starring a new and aspiring young actress called Ms Virgina Aguirre Amaya.

The idea of this film began when Ms Estella sent Mr Nuza a video promo she had made and although it was very amateur, the story was compelling enough for Mr Nuza to commit himself on producing a professional film of this idea.

"The idea was to educate the people who may want to commit suicide, into seeing that this is not the way out of your problems and that there is always a light at the end of the dark tunnel." Explains Mr Nuza who closely worked alongside Ms Estella and Mr Gabaldon to find a more impacting and emotional story and between them the film soon began to take shape.

The location was perfect, as Mr Nuza had previously known of this haunted mansion in the Spanish town of San Roque and decided to hire the mansion for the film shoot, thereby having complete control of every inch of space and every room in the house.

No expense was spared in costume and special make up to ensure a first class Gold Productions Studios project.