LUCIA’S GRACE
Film - Spotlight Filmfest 2018

LUCIA’S GRACE

Directed by Gianni Zanasi

Info

Director: Gianni Zanasi
Section: Spotlight
Country: Italy
Year: 2018
PT: TROPPA GRAZIA
OT: TROPPA GRAZIA
Language: Italian
Version: Original version with English subtitles
Cast: Alba Rohrwacher, Elio Germano, Hadas Yaron, Guiseppe Battiston, Carlotta Natoli, Thomas Trabacchi
18+ (no age rating)

Logline

LUCIA’S GRACE

Lucia, a single mother, does surveying work for a pretentious architecture firm in order to clear the way for an even more pretentious lighthouse project. There she meets another mother — the Virgin Mary — who has other plans: Lucia must build a church. (What else could it be?) Though it's probably hard to communicate this to the contracting entities, the saint remains tough as nails. At any rate, she was able, during the Cannes festival, to convince the Europa Cinemas association to award the film a Europa Cinemas Label for the best film from the continent.

Meet the director

LUCIA’S GRACE

Gianni Zanasi

Gianni Zanasi was born in Vignola, Italy, in 1965. While studying philosophy at the University of Bologna, he took a course in directing offered by Nanni Moretti and subsequently enrolled at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografica. His first feature film, NELLA MISCHIA, was invited to the 1995 Quinzaine des Réalisateurs at Cannes. The comedy DON'T THINK ABOUT IT, probably his best-known film, was shown at FILMFEST MÜNCHEN in 2008.

Credits

Screenplay: Gianni Zanasi, Giacomo Ciarrapico, Federica Pontremoli, Michele Pellegrini
Director of Photography: Vladan Radovic
Film Editor: Rita Rognoni, Gianni Zanasi
Composer: Niccolò Contessa
Production Designer: Massimiliano Sturiale
Costume Design: Olivia Bellini
Sound: Stefano Campus
Producer: Rita Rognoni, Beppe Caschetto
Production Company: Pupkin Production srl.
Co-Production Company: Rai Cinema Spa, Oplon Film, Strada Film, Smallfish Spain
World Sales: The Match Factory