Household Saints
The Santangelos asked for a miracle. God gave them something slightly more complicated. Their daughter Teresa.
A chronicle of three generations of Italian-American women struggling to get by in post-World War II New York’s Little Italy.
- Year: 1993
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: Jones Entertainment Group, Peter Newman Productions, Clinica Estetico, Fine Line Features
- Keyword: 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
- Director: Nancy Savoca
- Cast: Tracey Ullman, Vincent D'Onofrio, Lili Taylor, Judith Malina, Michael Rispoli, Victor Argo
