Household Saints
The Santangelos asked for a miracle. God gave them something slightly more complicated. Their daughter Teresa.
Rating
6.7 The Film
Household Saints
The Santangelos asked for a miracle. God gave them something slightly more complicated. Their daughter Teresa.
The Story
A chronicle of three generations of Italian-American women struggling to get by in post-World War II New York’s Little Italy.
religious obsession pinochle unexplained death religious visions religious calling catholic theology madam butterfly catholic schoolgirl mother-in-law daughter-in-law relationship making a bet faith and religion piety deprivation interfering mother-in-law miracles grandmother granddaughter relationship death while asleep cruel mother-in-law obsessive thoughts sainthood sudden death 1960s 1950s ritual suicide religious delusions fatima life of saint woman director death in childbirth convent (nunnery) death of daughter roman catholic church little italy catholic seppuku belief in god devoutness butcher's shop mother-in-law arranged marriage superstition italian american based on novel or book card game new york city
Gallery
The Stills.
