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Household Saints (1993)

Household Saints (1993)

Drama

The Santangelos asked for a miracle. God gave them something slightly more complicated. Their daughter Teresa.

Release Date: 1993, September 15
Directors: Nancy Savoca
Countries: United States of America
Production: Jones Entertainment Group, Jones Entertainment Group, Peter Newman Productions, Peter Newman Productions, Clinica Estetico, Clinica Estetico, Fine Line Features, Fine Line Features
Cast: Jessica DiCicco, Michael Imperioli, Marianne Leone Cooper, Illeana Douglas, John Di Benedetto, Lili Taylor, Leonardo Cimino, Victor Argo, Tracey Ullman, Vincent D'Onofrio, Irma St. Paule, Rachael Bella

Overview:

A chronicle of three generations of Italian-American women struggling to get by in post-World War II New York’s Little Italy.

Keywords:

new york city based on novel or book woman director 1950s death of daughter death in childbirth 1960s italian american sudden death catholic seppuku roman catholic church arranged marriage superstition grandmother granddaughter relationship mother-in-law daughter-in-law relationship card game convent (nunnery) mother-in-law belief in god sainthood little italy interfering mother-in-law butcher's shop faith and religion catholic schoolgirl obsessive thoughts miracles fátima life of saint devoutness catholic theology ritual suicide death while asleep madam butterfly religious delusions cruel mother-in-law deprivation piety making a bet religious calling religious visions unexplained death pinochle religious obsession