Brenda Vaccaro Joins Cast of Biopic on Veteran's Battle with Schizophrenia

Oscar nominee and Golden Globe and Emmy winner Brenda Vaccaro (You Don't Know Jack, Midnight Cowboy, Once is Not Enough) has joined Tommy Flanagan (Sons of Anarchy, Sin City) and Terry Serpico (Army Wives, Donnie Brasco) in the cast of the upcoming feature Light Wounds, based on the true story of a young veteran's battle with schizophrenia.

Vaccaro portrays the role of "Marlene", the grandmother, in the biopic which chronicles the journey of a young veteran who returns from the military in 2008 to help TAKE CARE of his mother during her battle with ovarian cancer. As he works to adjust to civilian life and make a better life for him and his family, he experiences the onset of schizophrenia with the ensuing mental and emotional demise. The crisis exposes the deep tensions within the family, but brings the grandmother, mother and son together to face his hardest battle.

Negotiations continue for the role of the mother.

The film is directed by the award-winning Italian director Max Leonida; produced by Lynn Givens (In Secret, The Grey); and co-produced and written by Jonathan Looper, Vadim Dardagani and Leonida.

easycinema distribution has already acquired all Italian distribution rights for the film and will release the film throughout its over-180-theater network.

This is Leonida's eighth feature film and third U.S. feature since moving from Italy in 2009. He most recently directed "Beauty in the Broken", starring Briana Cuoco, and the award-winning feature "Backward", a 63rd Cannes Film Festival selection.

For more information about "Light Wounds" visit www.lightwoundsmovie.com.

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