Mujer joven, es hija de una reconocida actriz de teatro. A diferencia del mundo intenso que la rodea, ella tiene una personalidad tranquila y discreta. Es una joven empática, sensible a las emociones de los demás y con una forma serena de relacionarse con las personas.

Male, 8-10 years old, Latino. A sensitive, good natured but nervous boy who’s done feeling and being seen as fragile by his family. Raised in a household that treats the supernatural as an ordinary part of life, Julio is pushed to undergo a rite of passage, but beneath that eagerness is a child who is much more frightened than he wants his parents to know. The role is ideal for a young actor capable of naturalistic dramatic work and sustained fear/tension. Special requirements: Will have sickly makeup on skin and in mouth for the duration of shoot. Fluency in Spanish is a bonus but not required

Male, 30-40 years old, Latino. Julio’s father. Loving and concerned, Xavi believes in the importance of the rite of passage, but also acknowledges it as something challenging that Julio might not be ready, or able, to face. Xavi should feel like a genuinely good parent whose certainty, rather than cruelty or neglect, might blind him to the risks of the tradition.

Special requirements: Spanish Speaker Preferred.

Female, 60-7 years old, Latino. Julio’s grandmother and primary maternal figure. Warm, practical and deeply loving, Laura has absolute faith in the traditions she was raised with, including the belief that confronting the ghost that arrives during a fever is an important rite of passage. To her, allowing Julio to face his fear is an act of care, as she wants to give him the gift of opportunity to face his fears and grow. Affectionate and reassuring, but stubborn when her worldview is challenged. The role should feel grounded and emotionally sincere. The audience needs to understand why Julio trusts her.

Special requirements: Fluency in Spanish Preferred.

Male, 40-70 years old, open ethnicity. A tortured ghost, haunted by a life of love and luxury he couldn’t have and desperate to feel it one more time before he fades forever. He’s chosen Julio to be the provider of this experience. Saúl is unsettling not because he behaves like a conventional monster, but because he feels strangely human: needy, playful, intrusive and increasingly difficult to read. He wants Julio’s attention and companionship, approaching him with the familiarity of someone who doesn’t quite understand or respect a child’s boundaries. Requires an actor with strong physical presence who can move naturally between absurdity and menace without playing an overt horror villain.

Special requirements: Fluency in Spanish is Preferred. Taller than 6’. Optional rear nudity. Able to interpret an apparition in a unique, subtly unsettling way. We’re not looking for the conjuring, but personality, and the ability to terrify us with stillness and subtlety. Think of Hereditary or The Witch.

Male, 16-18, South Asian. Performer must be 18+ but can play 16 years old. Musa is on the brink of turning sixteen - he’s sharp-witted, sensitive and stubborn. He’s also missing his mother, in ways he can’t yet process or fully understand. It’s his birthday today but he’s too cool to let you know he cares. A boss man who has no interest in the ins and outs of a kitchen (anymore). He’s trying to shed all the things he considers childish. Beneath this nonchalant facade, he yearns for connection and misses the simplicity and fun of cooking a meal with his mom.

Looking for someone who can play both attitude and sensitivity/vulnerability. Someone with a rich, inner life and imagination/quirkiness but who rarely shows it to others anymore. Someone who’s between the awkwardness of becoming a grown up and still very much a kid.

Seeking a strong naturalistic actor with emotional subtlety and comedic instincts.

Female, 45-60 years old, South Asian. Usma, a self-taught baker by nature - precise, perfectionist, likes being in control. Her kitchen is her safe haven, her lifelong learning lab. She is particular and cares deeply about doing things “the right way”. Beneath this measured exterior, she doesn’t always trust her own instincts. She always needs to have a plan, unlike her more free-spirited sister, Sabeena. Usma should feel grounded, within the heightened nature of the magical world. She can be funny without being quirky, emotional without becoming overly sentimental.

Seeking a strong naturalistic actor with warmth, comedic timing and emotional depth. Must be comfortable with improv/physical comedy.

Female 40-70 years old, any ethnicity. Eileen was Sabeena’s classmate in culinary school, though she was older and quickly took on the role of mentor. Classically trained and deeply invested in technique, Eileen is opinionated, bossy and believes good cooking comes from discipline and repetition. Unlike Usma, whose precision comes from a need for control and reassurance, Eileen is confident in her expertise. She doesn’t second-guess herself: she second guesses everyone else. Beneath her generosity is a fiercely competitive streak, and she has never quite forgiven Sabeena for what she suspects was an appropriation of some of her recipes.

Seeking a strong naturalistic actor that can play both authority and warmth. Should be comfortable with physical comedy and playing someone whose confidence and intensity can become funny without being cartoonish.

Female, 60-80 years old, any ethnicity. Mischievous, curious and always looking for an excuse to experiment. Ruby has an irrepressible sense of play and loves trying things just to see what happens. She’s adventurous, a little cheeky and brings an infectious energy to the room. Ruby has a tendency to play down serious situations, sometimes to her own detriment. But she believes life is for living, and refuses to take it too seriously.

Female, 40-60 years old, South Asian and/or MENA. Parveen is a quietly perceptive cookbook spirit. A baker by training, she sees food less as something to perfect and more as a way of caring for people. For her, baking is about connection: remembering what someone likes, making something when they’re hurting, bringing people together around a table. She has a natural instinct for making others feel comfortable and seen.

A gentle mediator and lifelong people pleaser, Parveen is often the calmest person in the room. Parveen carries something of the maternal warmth Musa associates with his mother, Sabeena, but she is not a replacement for her. Where Sabeena was spontaneous and free spirited, Parveen is steady and nurturing. She becomes a quiet voice of reason, gently helping Usma remember why she started cooking in the first place.

Seeking a strong naturalistic actor with warmth, emotional intelligence and understated comedic timing. Someone with a soothing, grounded presence who can communicate a lot through small gestures and expressions. Should be comfortable playing tenderness without sentimentality and gentle authority without becoming overly maternal.

Female, 40-55 years old, South Asian. Although Sabeena only appears for a brief moment in the film, her absence colors the whole story. She is warm, compassionate, fun loving..and never made a dish in the same way twice. She made cooking fun for her son, Musa, turning it into something playful and joyful, but could never quite convince her sister, Usma, to let loose in the same way. Bonus if performer has a flair for dancing!

Female, 30-40 years old, any ethnicity. Claire is warm, curious, and emotionally receptive. She has a natural openness toward other people and the world around her, which is why she is immediately fascinated when John and Laura arrive at the house. Where Daniel sees their presence as strange and intrusive, Claire is genuinely moved by their enduring romance. Their intimacy seems to represent something Claire feels is missing from her own relationship with Daniel. When she asks Daniel to kiss her the way John kissed Laura, it is playful on the surface, but there is a deeper yearning underneath it.

As the afternoon progresses, she becomes increasingly frustrated by Daniel's discomfort and his desire to make them leave. To Claire, his resistance feels unnecessarily closed-off; she wants to be generous, to remain open to the strange and unexpected experience unfolding in front of them. There is perhaps something in this dynamic that speaks to the distance that has developed between them. At the same time, the intimacy of John and Laura inspires her to keep trying, because deep down she still has love for Daniel.

Performance Reference: Rooney Mara in A Ghost Story. Claire should have a quiet openness that feels grounded and internal rather than performatively vivacious. She is not a social butterfly. Her warmth comes from a genuine curiosity and earnestness toward other people. Her invitation to John and Laura should feel spontaneous and sincere, which makes her fascination with them more meaningful. Intimacy requirement: Implied nudity. Performer will appear in her bra. In one scene Claire is unclothed, seated on a bed in near-darkness, and initiates and performs simulated intercourse with Daniel, straddling him and then continuing on her side. Kissing is also required in an earlier scene.

Male, 30-40 years old, any ethnicity. Daniel is reserved and pragmatic, skeptical about the strange encounter with John and Laura. He doesn't understand why Claire has invited the elderly couple inside and becomes increasingly uncomfortable as they move further into the house. He’d rather continue with the quiet privacy of their day and dislikes having their routine interrupted. At the same time, he finds it difficult to assert himself in the moment, partly because he doesn't want to undermine Claire's generosity.

There is a quiet vulnerability beneath Daniel's guarded exterior. His discomfort with John and Laura gradually exposes a deeper unease in his relationship with Claire: a sense that something between them has become stagnant, and that they have lost some of the intimacy they once shared. As he watches the elderly couple's openness and affection, Daniel is confronted with his own difficulty expressing what he needs. Daniel's performance should gradually move from skepticism, unease, and irritation toward vulnerability and surrender. The conflict and emotion should remain largely beneath the surface; even at his most uncomfortable, Daniel is quiet, restrained, and naturalistic.

A performance reference would be Casey Affleck in A Ghost Story: a restrained, internalized performance where emotion is communicated primarily through behaviour, silence, and subtle shifts in expression rather than overt dialogue and external expression. Intimacy requirement: Implied nudity and simulated sex. Performer will appear topless. Daniel undresses in one scene. In another he is on a bed with Claire, who is unclothed, and performs simulated intercourse with her. Kissing is also required in an earlier scene.

Female, 70-80 years old, any ethnicity. Laura is one half of the elderly couple who arrive at the house claiming to be its former owners. Elegant and effortlessly put together, she carries herself with warmth and quiet confidence. She is polite and socially aware of what she is asking of the young couple, and never crosses the line. It is her kindness, as well as the history she shares with the house, that causes Claire to feel comfortable welcoming her inside.

Having lived in the house for fifty years, Laura is filled with vivid memories of the life she and John shared there. She is nostalgic without being sentimental. She notices the smallest details: the light in the house, the wood panelling, the tree in the garden. Her relationship with John is physical and tender. They have the ease of people who have spent a lifetime together. Their affection should feel genuine and deeply lived-in, enough to make the young couple feel moved by what they are witnessing.

Performance Reference: Charlotte Rampling in 45 Years. Laura is calm and dignified, never feeling the need to convince anyone of anything. She has a fundamentally kind nature, but is content to keep much of what she feels internal. Her warmth should come through in small gestures and subtle expressions rather than overt emotionality. Intimacy requirement: Kissing, slow dancing and sustained physical closeness with John, and slow dancing with Daniel. In one scene Laura lies fully clothed on a bed with John in a still embrace. No nudity.

Male, 70-80 years old, any ethnicity. John is Laura’s husband and the former owner of the house. Distinguished and neatly dressed, he leans on a cane, carrying the physical signs of age with a quiet dignity. Like Laura, John is attached to the house and to the life they shared there. He is simply grateful to have the chance to walk through it again. Unlike Daniel, however, John is comfortable with emotion and physical affection. He takes Laura’s hand, kisses her, dances with her, and isn’t embarrassed by tenderness.

There is also a mischievous quality to John. He enjoys drawing Claire and Daniel into the intimate world he and Laura have shared, gently testing their boundaries by inviting them to dance. His warmth should never feel performative or sentimental - it comes naturally to him.

Performance Reference: Tom Courtenay in 45 Years. John should be calm and composed, with a slightly mischievous edge. His wistfulness is mostly in the eyes. There is no need to make a big show of his emotions. Intimacy requirement: Kissing, slow dancing and sustained physical closeness with Laura, and slow dancing with Claire. In one scene John lies fully clothed on a bed with Laura in a still embrace. No nudity.

Madam Liet is a Mystic, she leads the group through their evening, she has a commanding presence. Open to casting someone youger just need the person to have a mystic and commanding air about them.

Detail orientated, writer.

Curious, video recorder/documentary maker.

Excitable, genuinely happy to be seeing a Tarot card reader. Terrance is the boyfriend of Barbera. Mid to late 20s in appearance.

Quiet, an individual in the group, seems like theres more to her than meets the eye. Mid 20s in appearance.