From father to daughter: the emancipation of women through a story set in Bassano del Grappa

From father to daughter: the emancipation of women through a story set in Bassano del Grappa

Yesterday evening on TV the first episode of From father to daughter. The Rai 1 fiction directed by Riccardo Milani, based on a story by Cristina Comencini and written by Giulia Calenda and Francesca Marciano.

History

The drama tells the story of Franza family from 1958 to the early eighties.

The Franza is a Venetian family of peasants and then of grappa producers led by Father Giovanni. The man, arrogant and intractable, is played by Alessio Boni.

Alongside Giovanni is Franca, the woman who married very young and not out of love played by Stefania Rocca. The other members of the family are Franza's children: Maria Teresa, the rebellious daughter played by Cristiana Capotondi, Helen and the twins Antonio and Sofia.

This Venetian patriarchal family crosses through the costume's great changes of that period . They flow in the story the great events of history of women: the closure of brothels, divorce, feminism, seen in the dynamics of the conflicts and the family relationships.

Through this story, the long process is rebuilt that led women to struggle to gain equality and civil rights.

The three Sisters, the only son, his wife rebel differently against absolute authority of the father and husband. They walk away from the old core that kept them together, and that seems to fall apart, and then come back and try to rebuild it in a new way more fragile but more true.

Cast

Alessio Boni, Cristiana Capotondi, Alessandro Roja, Domenico Diele, Matilde Gioli, Stefania Rocca, Francesca Cavallin.

Location

The drama is set in Bassano del Grappa in the Vicenza province. Not a random choice.

As told by Cristina Comencini "A few years ago I went to Bassano del Grappa for the presentation of my novel. Walking through this wonderful town, I came up with the idea of a fiction about the end of patriarchy in Italy. .......... It looked very interesting set the story of Franza family in Veneto, one of the poorest regions in Italy after the war, became one of the most flourishing economically. "

The scenes were filmed, as well as in Bassano, in Marostica, Costabissara, Schiavon, Montegalda, Paderno del Grappa, Crespano del Grappa, Breganze, Fara Vicentino e Padua.

The director Riccardo Milani points out that rarely, in the making of a film, is possible achieve such a positive impact on the city.

On the other hand the involvement of the city was really choral. They have been involved 25 shops, 850 extras, 9 protagonists children, carpenters, seamstresses, technicians, hairdressers and also the four largest distilleries in the area, Poli, Nardini, Brunello and Schiavo.