Oscar Nuñez, Marlene Forte Star in 'In an Orderly Fashion' — SkimNews
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- Adrian Cardenas made his directorial debut with 'In an Orderly Fashion,' which completed production in Miami with Oscar Nuñez, Marlene Forte, Otmara Marrero, and Vivian Ruiz in lead roles.
- Nuñez plays Rafa, a devoted physical therapist whose dream of world travel is cut short by a terminal illness on his first day of retirement.
- Forte co-stars as Aida, Rafa's nurse wife, who is asked to end his life without being told when.
- Marrero and Ruiz round out the cast as Gabriela and Maria, respectively.
- Cardenas described the shoot as a dream, noting the cast navigated a tonal tightrope between dark comedy and drama under his direction.
- Maria Altamirano produces the film, with Heidi Stolte, Chris Stolte, Sven Voelcker, Ann Lewnes, Daniel Weiser, Sharon Greene, Nuñez, and Forte serving as executive producers.
- Cardenas was a former Major League Baseball player for the Chicago Cubs before moving to Hollywood as a writer.
Why it matters: Cardenas lands a debut with two instantly recognizable TV faces — Nuñez (The Office, The Paper) and Forte (The Rookie) — giving the dark-comedy drama a built-in marketing hook before its first festival run. A four-person, Miami-lensed indie with Nuñez and Forte also serving as executive producers signals how much on-the-line equity the leads have in the project.
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