Love Eterne is a 2011 romantic comedy film written and directed by Joseph Villapaz, and starring Melissa Navia and James Gill.
Her friend, Sidonia (Bonnie Piesse), arrives and finds Medina, who is looking at herself in the mirror with a sad expression.
They try to visit an art exhibit, but the female security guard kicks them out, as she remembers the duo's wild reputation.
Quinn (James Gill) looks depressed as he meets up with his friend Fera (Terilyn Marshelle-Fleming) at the street.
Medina prepares by doing some stretching, practicing footwork, and twirling weapons including swords, staffs and spears.
He shows Medina some pastries which he learned how to make back when they were a couple, and wishes her a happy thirtieth birthday by "toasting" her with cannolis.
They break their trance; Medina is about to cry; Quinn offers her a tissue from the pack that Sidonia gave him.
Medina smells the tissue and is full of joy; she quickly turns and requests another from Quinn, who eagerly gives her the whole pack.
While he anticipated the film because on the cheerful Friends-like opening credits that resembled a television pilot, Bell considered the audio horrible for almost all of the movie, and was annoyed by the smudges on the camera lens for some of the scenes.
[4] Duane L. Martin of Rogue Cinema also noted the audio problems and sound control, as well as the smudges.
He likened Navia's performance to Marisa Tomei and found the soundtrack music choices good.
It was an Honorable Mention in the Narrative Feature category for the second edition of the 2011 Los Angeles Movie Awards.
In 2013, with newer technology available, director Joseph Villapaz re-edited the film's scenes from scratch, and fixed the sound quality flaws from the previous release.
A new opening scene was completed which contains the voice of Troiano (portrayed by Henry Martinez), the deceased fiancé.
[10][11] The Bare Bones International Film Festival screened LOVE ETERNE mourning on April 5, 2014.
[17][18] In January 2019, a music video titled, Remembering Love Eterne, began appearing at film festivals.
The film contains numerous clips from Love Eterne to music composed and arranged by director Joseph Villapaz using the Feel Good sound pool licensed from Producer Planet.