Gonzalo Calzada

[8] Luisa also received acclaim at the Metrovías cinema competition in 2007 for best script, the Pinamar Screen 2009, and at the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival in 2009.

[6] In 2010, Calzada directed his second feature film, La Plegaria del Vidente, based on the crime thriller novel of Carlos Balmaceda.

Inspired by a real event in Argentina, the movie tells the story of a serial killer of prostitutes, complicated by the actions of police, politicians and criminals.

In a Gothic horror style, the film narrates the events and spiritual torments affecting a young priest engaged in an effort to help the victims of the Buenos Aires yellow fever epidemic of 1871.

Based on his script, the film focuses on a novice tormented by traumas and hallucinations linked to a family secret that can only be resolved by an exorcism following local shamanic traditions.