Shot in Chicago, ‘Grace is Gone’ Tour Blowing Into Windy City on Oct. 12

In screening the independent film “Grace is Gone” today, I learned that it was shot in Chicago and the Chicago suburb of Itasca, Ill. The film, which stars John Cusack, has been through the Sundance Film Festival and Telluride Film Festival.


John Cusack in “Grace is Gone”.
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“Grace is Gone,” which is scheduled to be released in limited theaters on Dec. 7, is sending writer/director James Strouse to Chicago on Oct. 12 for a press day.

Cusack may be attending as well. Young actress Gracie Bednarczyk (from River Grove, Ill.) and Shelan O’Keefe (from northwest Chicago) will also be in attendance. Both Bednarczyk and O’Keefe have their debut performances in this film.

Cusack plays a father who – upon hearing his wife was killed in the Iraq war – takes his two daughters on a road trip.

7:14 p.m. update: I was just informed that “Grace is Gone” writer/director James Strouse is no longer joining this press junket.