Two years in the making
The movie is an effort of home grown talents being a thirteen man film composed of all Filipinos. The executive producer of the project, Fr. Christopher Jeffrey Aytona, O.P. and neophyte film director, Fr. Marcelino Saria, O.P. led the artistic team together with the associate director, Marinette Losanta and director of photography and editor, Lauro Rene Manda.
The film was two years in the making. The team directed themselves in the revision and finalization of the script, treatment of the story, and making of mock-up props very much alike the Medieval tools and fixtures. The ocular preparation was on Aug 2009 in Spain, France and Italy. The shooting of the film ran from July to August this year.
All actors and actresses are Spanish, French and English who perseveringly portrayed their roles to give a picture of the life of St. Dominic and how the Dominican Order came into being.
The verse in Matthew resonates in the film as a conviction of St. Dominic, the words of Jesus to his disciples, “…whatever you do for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you do unto Me.â€
On his deathbed he said to his brothers, “Do not weep, I shall be of more use to you after death than I ever did in life.†(CBCPNews)