In grazia di Dio, Winspeare’s zero impact film
- Shooting has started in Salento for a film telling the story of a family working in a small factory providing clothes for big northern brands
In grazia di Dio, Edoardo Winspeare’s (Galantuomini [+see also:
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Paralysed by the current crisis, the family is forced to leave town and move to the countryside, where it will live with little money, relying on the surrounding community. Despite difficulties and the harshness of living in the countryside, the story’s main characters will find serenity thanks to a more simple, although far from naive world, set in nature, with life’s essential things in mind.
The characters from Winspeare’s new film are played by nonprofessional actors. Adele (Celeste Casciaro) is a woman whose courage convinces daughter Ina (Laura Licchetta) and sister Maria Concetta (Barbara De Matteis) to change life with the rest of the family following kicking and screaming.
Bartering is being productively used to compensate local people’s involvement in this zero impact film, shot with the greatest respect for the land, with new production solutions that make sense with the values the story is based upon.
Gustavo Caputo, Alessandro Contessa and Edoardo Winspeare will produce for Saietta Film. The Banca Popolare Pugliese is contributing to the film through tax credit. Support is also coming from the Apulia Film Commission, in collaboration with the Department for Apulia Agricultural and Food Resources (Assessorato alle Risorse Agroalimentari della Regione Puglia), Quality Products of Apulia (Prodotti di Qualità Puglia), with further sponsoring from companies believing in the film’s themes, which consented to bartering as a way of being thanked for helping various aspects of the film.
You can follow the set’s every day progress through the film’s official Facebook page.
Photo by Cosimo Cortese
(Translated from Italian)
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