Eduardo Verastegui directed this film. He has such an amazing testimony with his career! Eduardo was like the Brad Pitt of Mexico! He was the top 50 most beautiful people in the top magazines for 3 years in a row. They called him the Latino Lover Boy. He had offers to star in the big movies like 300 and X-Men. He was very well known but he didn't know much English. So he had a tutor come and teach him to speak English. It ever so happen that his tutor was a Christian and she asked him the hardest questions of life. One question she asked was if he thought he was a good person and how is he pleasing God? He has always told himself he was a good person and that the things he is doing is pleasing God. He was lying to himself.
Soon, God gave him such a changed heart and mind. He gave up all that was about his career. He then wanted to create something that was against how Hollywood made productions and stars and all the secular things about it. So he had a passion to create this movie "Bella". The thing was he couldn't find anyone who had that same passion, who saw the same view as he did, who were willing to go for it! By God's Grace he found 2 other guys who were very much into the filming business and yet had the same passion as Eduardo.
It's amazing how someone as well known is able to give up his career to give a message. The Movie did become a success and gave the message that Eduardo wanted to give to go against the negative stereotype which the world was viewing.
I am very inspired by this movie and to see it in a bigger picture is just a true and awesome way to give the message! I highly recommend watching this film. Such an amazing story both within the movie and behind the scenes.
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