“BLANCA”
A SCREENPLAY RAISING MONEY TO BE FILMED
PLOT
Hunted by soldiers during a military coup in 1955, Peru’s First Lady must drive her teen maid in labor to the hospital down a death-defying road in the Andes.
LANGUAGE: English
GENRE: Action-Adventure, Thriller, Drama
RUNTIME: 100 minutes
WRITER: Carlos Graña
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SYNOPSIS
Set in the Peruvian Andes in 1955, BLANCA is an English language, action-adventure dramatic thriller written by Carlos Graña. Inspired by real people and historical events, it is about the night Peru’s First Lady drove her teen maid in labor (Blanca) down a steep mountain road to a hospital—while pursued by soldiers after a coup.
The edge-of-your-seat adventure thrusts two women from opposite ends of society into a partnership for their own survival. As they battle a brutal terrain, the army, and a car neither knows how to drive, the pair must overcome blind fear and bad blood for even a remote chance to reach the end of the road.
AWARDS
BLANCA has been officially nominated for ELEVEN juried awards, including Page Awards finalist out of 10,000 screenplays. The Page Awards is among the top ten competitions in the world. Also among them is the Austin Film Festival, where BLANCA made it to second round out of 14,500 submissions. These are high-end, legitimate institutions that objectively rate BLANCA as a good screenplay.
REVIEWS
Screenwriting involves “coverage”, meaning reviews from professional script readers. These independent readers provide revision notes and an overall script rating, which helps producers quickly determine quality: 95% of scripts get a “Pass” rating, which means the script is simply no good; 4% of scripts get a "Consider” rating, meaning it needs a few tweaks but is in otherwise good shape; and only 1% get a “Recommend” rating, which means the script is in excellent shape, ready for production.
BLANCA received coverage from five readers. ALL FIVE of them gave BLANCA a “Recommend” or “Consider”. Ask for a copy.
Excerpts:
‘Blanca’ is an ingenious high-octane drama... a ‘contained’ thriller – a much-prized paradigm in Hollywood, involving well-scripted scenarios with minimal locations, limited cast members, and the potential for intense drama…
The script's keen attention to detail pays off in layers as the story escalates… Blanca has great visual potential and should prove an attractive acting vehicle.
An impressive piece of writing, an authentic-feeling story that defies expectations. It is an imaginative thriller, an emotional family story... it would make a thrilling film.
CARLOS & BLANCA OVER A LIFETIME
Meet BLANCA
Interviews by Carlos, the foundation of the screenplay:
WAYS You Can Help SHOOT THIS film
The theme of BLANCA is the love of family. Hire Carlos to shoot and make original portraits of you and your family, hand made on 24 x 36 inch wooden frames. Flat fee includes a one-hour photo session, and up to FOUR portraits like the examples below, ready in 2-3 weeks, free delivery in Greater San Francisco or Los Angeles—all for $1500.
A note from Carlos
I think this is a beautiful project in which to invest my life. It is also a beautiful project for any actor, cinematographer, composer, or art patron who just wants an extraordinary film made. I believe there is an audience for a story like BLANCA, and I have a budget and market data to back this up. But films cost money for salaries, food, transport, rentals and logistics. It’s not a lot of money, just more than most of us can individually spare. Hollywood producers have declined this film project, so I’m paying to film BLANCA by working for hire and by taking donations. If you could connect me to someone who is either hiring or open to donating, I would be enormously grateful.
Thank you.
Your donation is tax deductible! Blanca is a fiscally sponsored project of Film Independent, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Contributions on behalf of Blanca are payable to Film Independent and are tax deductible less the value of any goods or services received, as allowed by law. The value of goods and services being offered is noted under each donation level.
BLANCA poster art kindly provided by Mike Carson