Household Saints
movie
The Santangelos asked for a miracle. God gave them something slightly more complicated. Their daughter Teresa.
Released September 15, 1993
Genres:
Overview
A chronicle of three generations of Italian-American women struggling to get by in post-World War II New York’s Little Italy.
Runtime
2h 4m
Budget
$5,000,000
Revenue
$750,263
Origin Country
United States
Original Language
English
Original Title
Household Saints
Status
Released
Production Countries
- United States of America
Spoken Languages
- English
- Italiano (Italian)
Production Companies
- no logo available
Jones Entertainment Group
United States
- no logo available
Peter Newman Productions
United States
Clinica Estetico
United States
Fine Line Features
United States
Keywords
- new york city
- card game
- based on novel or book
- italian american
- superstition
- arranged marriage
- mother-in-law
- butcher's shop
- devoutness
- belief in god
- seppuku
- catholic
- little italy
- roman catholic church
- death of daughter
- convent (nunnery)
- death in childbirth
- woman director
- life of saint
- fatima
- religious delusions
- ritual suicide
- 1950s
- 1960s
- sudden death
- sainthood
- obsessive thoughts
- cruel mother-in-law
- death while asleep
- grandmother granddaughter relationship
- miracles
- interfering mother-in-law
- deprivation
- piety
- faith and religion
- making a bet
- mother-in-law daughter-in-law relationship
- catholic schoolgirl
- madam butterfly
- catholic theology
- religious calling
- religious visions
- unexplained death
- pinochle
- religious obsession
