ANDREW KIRSCHENBAUM

SALVATION IS WITHIN YOU

Set in Massachusetts in the spring of 1920, “Salvation is Within You!” follows Salieri, a widowed cobbler, and his working-age sons, Renzi and Matteo. While Renzi and Matteo plot to set off a bomb during negotiations between their union and the government, federal agents are ordered to clamp down on the Italian American immigrant community.

“Salvation is Within You!” explores the changing nature of labor in America, the lure of propaganda and radical ideology, and the formation of a burgeoning Italian American identity — all told through the lens of a single immigrant family and their troubles.

INFO

Short film / 24 mins / 2024

Producers: Jake Metzger, Ohia Morrison & Luke Simboli

Associate Producers: Todd Unkefer, JP Cutter, Vincent Simboli, Connecticut & TV Alliance & Ed Cohen

Director: Luke Simboli & Dylan Springer

DP: Timur Gavrilenko

Production Designer: Claire Vitto

Costume Designer: Jolene Marie Richardson

Casting Director: Dominic Fleshman

2nd Unit Director: Andrew Kirschenbaum

2nd Unit DP: Philipp Kurepin

1st AD: Jake Metzger

2nd AD: Alyssa Fauntleroy & Connor McKeown

Script Supervisor: Simone Hile-Bassett

1st AC: Ian Havens

2nd AC: Paula Kaneda

DIT: Philipp Kurepin

Steadicam Operator: Connor Hargreaves

Key Grip: Alex Mitchell

Gaffer: Ryan Pelligrenelli

Best Boy: Aidan Farrell

Sound: Hasan Moore

Set Decorator: Josh Stasko

Propmaster & Armorer: Jared Sokirka

Graphic Designer: Garrett Dahn

Lead Graphic: Noah Duarte

Graphic Fabricator: Anthony Biuso & Kristin Pezzuto

Picture Car Technician: Stu

Assistant Costume Designer: Olivia Rivera

HMU: Jackie Hughes

On Set Photographer: Tshipeng Kayemb Alexis

Key PA: Chris Chute

Set PA: Jocelyn Minchin, James Bastone, Lailah Nabors, Gavin Maurer, Koty Voois, Calvin Bemis & Em Solarova

Driver: Junior Ngudia

Post Producer: Dogus Ozel

Editor: Firat Guler

Composer: Bryan Garbe

Sound Design: Tianning Liu

Colorist: Dogus Ozel

Visual Effects Artist: Umut Deniz Tekin

Music Producer: Jack Morrison

Vocalist: Emi BIas

Bassist: Rebekah Stafford

Italian Diction Consultant (Music): Sofia Bagajewicz-Estes

Italian Language Consultant: Roberto Picone

Sound Engineer: Jack Morrison

Post Sound Editor: Tunc Toprak

Titles and Poster Designer: Garrett Dahn

Production Coordinator: Karen Gagne-Signorello


CAST:

SALIERI Sandro Naglia

RENZI Jacopo Costantini

MATTEO Sam Arthur

AGENT GREENE Walker Snow Harrison

AGENT MCCARTHY Zack Watson

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OFFICIAL Michael R. Douglass

AGOSTINO Dominic Fleshman

CESIDIO SIMBOLI Nick Vata

ELENA Diletta Guglielmi

FULVIO Mario Calabro

ACCORDIONIST Dan Rice

POLICE OFFICER #1 Ohia Morrison

POLICE OFFICER #2 Chris Chute


SPECIAL THANKS TO:

AGBO

Italian Sons & Daughters of America

Lightbulb Rentals

Shoreline Trolley Museum

James Blackstone Memorial Library

State Supply Equipment and Props

Picture Car Services

atb media

The G Cafe

Filmed on location in Branford, Connecticut.