Of Mind and Music

2014 American film

Of Mind and Music

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Directed by| Richie Adams
Written by| Richie Adams
Nicolas Bazan
Produced by| Richie Adams
Brent Caballero
Nicolas Bazan
Nancy Green-Keyes
Starring| Aunjanue Ellis
Joaquim de Almeida
Bill Cobbs
Sharon Lawrence
Ruth Negga
Cinematography| Tom Lembcke
Edited by| David Rogow
Distributed by| Monterey Media (US)

Release date

* October 2014 (2014-10) (Heartland Film Festival)

Running time

| 98 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

Of Mind and Music (previously titled Una Vida: A Fable of Music and Mind) is a 2014 American drama independent film based on the 2009 novel Una Vida: A Fable of Music and the Mind by Nicolas Bazan, and written by Richie Adams and Nicolas Bazan. The film is directed by Richie Adams and stars Aunjanue Ellis, Joaquim de Almeida, Bill Cobbs, Sharon Lawrence, and Ruth Negga.

## Plot

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Renowned Neuroscientist Dr. Alvaro Cruz (Joaquim De Almeida) returns home from a lecture in Paris, heartbroken and disillusioned. In his absence, his mother has succumbed to Alzheimer's disease. Nothing that his research or science could do could stop this from happening.

As he decides to take some time off work and reconnect with the love of music that he shared with his mother finding solace in the music that permeates New Orleans' French Quarter, he hears the mesmerizing voice of Una Vida (Aunjanue Ellis) for the first time. After repeat visits to hear her sing, he realizes that she is suffering from Alzheimer's disease and that her unconventional "family" cannot cope with her declining health.

Cruz puzzles his wife, Angela (Sharon Lawrence), by seeking out Una Vida's long lost son in hopes of finally giving her resolution to the grief, loss and longing that has overshadowed her difficult but also beautiful life.

## Cast

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* Joaquim de Almeida... Dr. Alvaro Cruz
* Aunjanue Ellis... Una Vida
* Bill Cobbs... Stompleg
* Ruth Negga... Jessica
* Sharon Lawrence... Angela Cruz
* Andre Royo... Kenny
* Marcus Lyle Brown... Sam

## Production

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### Development

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Of Mind and Music was shot in New Orleans, Louisiana. Director Richie Adams along with Dr. Bazan (novel writer, screenplay writer, and producer), and producer Brent Caballero chose the filming locations in New Orleans as between the three of them they found that at least one had a connection to someone who owned a particular location where they shot a scene.[1]

## References

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1. ^ "Heartland Film Festival: Q&A with Una Vida director Richie Adams". Nuvo. Retrieved August 12, 2015.

## External links

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* Official website
* Of Mind and Music at IMDb