top of page

Oklahoma Mon Amour (70 min) is available to rent or purchase.

We hope you enjoy this family tale of secrets, distress,and a "promising" journey South.


Distributed in 2022 by Freestyle Digital Media, Los Angeles, CA.
© OMAFilms 

15-second release promo

Monica2_edited.jpg

Winner of a

Special Jury Remi Award 

at WorldFest Houston

Mónica in Oklahoma Mon Amour

Oklahoma Mon Amour portrays a ruptured family and the quest for its reunion, the journey of two brothers, the challenges faced by multicultural youth needing to find their true identity and to unveil buried secrets, all of this tinted by the puzzling closeness between Mexico and the U.S.

Filmed in black and white and with a structure that interweaves fiction and real events evoking poetic and reflective art-house films from the sixties and seventies, the film also references current world tensions, and presents an unusual approach to the Mexico/U.S dynamics, also showing a cosmopolitan Mexico City seldom seen in cinema.

"On the surface, Oklahoma Mon Amour is an unapologetic intellectual film, but what makes it such a joy to watch is its direct line to our hearts and our skins. It transforms the places that it depicts into emotions and sensations."

 

The film was sponsored by the University of Oklahoma College or Arts and Sciences, the College of International Studies, and the Arts and Humanities Forum. 

FILM TRAILER

Oklahoma is the place that ultimately connects the Gaertners, a family separated by a brutal tragedy. A tragedy that, like an explosion, ripped them apart, leaving each one of them in solitude in the barren flatlands of Oklahoma, the busy streets of Mexico City, and a "brilliantly clean and tidy cage" in London. 

 

While Sebastian's journey might decipher the past and alleviate their settled-in despair, Nico's obsessive inner thoughts keep him –and the viewer– aware of a reality, beyond the fiction, that parallels the space in which this film exists. 

Nico in Mexico City

Nico in Mexico City

Leam%252520worried_edited_edited_edited.
Sebastian

Leam in Oklahoma

Sebastián on the road

Meet the supporting characters...

Sebastian Efler

ORIGINAL SCORE

GEOFFREY BURCH       SEBASTIAN EFLER

Sebastián on the road, from Oklahoma to Mexico

Play video

Force%20of%20Nature_edited.jpg

Paige sings "Flavor Blonde," written

and interpreted by Katie Williams

From album Force of Nature

and  then

Sebastián at his arrival in Mexico City
Play video

MEET THE ACTORS

OKLAHOMA MON AMOUR POSTER

CREW & CREATIVE TEAM

OMAR GARCÍA

 

DANNY MARTÍNEZ

 

MATT SKUTTA

 

AMBER HANDY

 

MICHAEL SLEMMONS

 

HEIDI HILTS

 

MIKE WEST

 

MARCELO RIOSECO

ALCIDES DUARTE

 

SYDNE RAIN GRAY

 

CLAUDIA CAVALLIN

 

AMY MIMS

 

ARTURO GUTIÉRREZ PLAZA

 

ARTHUR DIXON

 

CALEB KNOWLES

DANIEL CORTÉS

DANIEL CARVAJALINO

 

 

SPECIAL THANKS

ARMANDO GARCÍA YAÑEZ

ROGELIO ALMEIDA

TODD GREENLEE

 

ALEX GREENLEE

LORI DILLON

ROBERT LEMON

DAVID SLEMMONS

ENRIQUE GIORDANO

ELEONORA RUEDA

SEBASTIAN EFLER

ARTURO GUTIERREZ PLAZA

ALESSANDRO PESCE

 

PESCE FAMILY

POSTER October 2021 smaller for wix copy.tif
CAROLINA RUEDA, DIRECTOR
Caro photo March 2021.jpg
bottom of page