i fINALLY cast the part! after months of asking as many people as my friend maggie and i could think of, the actress playing marie offered up her older sister--who said yes!
my movie is cast! i can finally move ahead like i was planning to! we only have her until february so filming is going to be a bit of a crunch but we cast the part! 

there's really not much more to say here in terms of updates because i have yet to make a filming schedule, but i figured this was a big enough deal to warrant mention. updates on filming schedule/day one of filming soon (hopefully)