Music Box Films debuted the official theatrical trailer for Leonor Will Never Die, Martika Ramirez Escobar’s genre bending award-winning debut feature described as an innovative blend of pulpy action homages, playful comedy, and touching family drama.

In Leonor Will Never Die, Filipina stage actress Sheila Francisco stars as Leonor Reyes, a groundbreaking figure in the Filipino film industry’s ragtag action heyday, knocked into a coma while revisiting an unfinished script. Fantasy and reality blur as Leonor finds herself becoming the hero of her own story. Also starring in the film are Bong Cabrera, Rocky Salumbides and Anthony Falcon.

Leonor Will Never Die premiered at Sundance Film Festival where the film won a Special Jury Prize at Sundance this year, and recently won the Amplify Voices Award at TIFF when it closed out the Midnight Madness program. The film opens in theaters starting November 25th in NYC at the Metrograph and December 2nd in LA at the Laemmle Royal and Laemmle Glendale. A nationwide release will follow.

Leonor Reyes was once a groundbreaking figure in the Filipino film industry during its ragtag action cinema glory days, but now she struggles with old age, mounting bills, and the untimely death of her son. While revisiting an unfinished script about a fearless protagonist trying to avenge his brother’s murder, Leonor is struck on the head by a falling television set and knocked into a coma. As she lays unconscious in the hospital, fantasy and reality begin to blur when Leonor finds herself awake inside her script, becoming the hero of her own story.

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