Directed by Nancy Savoca

Directed by Nancy Savoca

5 Episodes

Graced with warmth, sensitivity, and indelible, richly realized characters, the films of Nancy Savoca eloquently evoke the inner worlds of women who challenge patriarchal norms in their quests to define themselves. Both built around luminous performances from Lili Taylor as young women on complex journeys of romantic and spiritual awakening, the period pieces DOGFIGHT and HOUSEHOLD SAINTS are understated gems of 1990s independent filmmaking that balance vividly drawn character portraits with broader insights into the generation-defining upheavals of midcentury America.

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Directed by Nancy Savoca

5 Episodes

  • Dogfight
    1:33:44
    Dogfight
    Episode 1

    Dogfight

    Episode 1

    Directed by Nancy Savoca • 1991 • United States
    Starring River Phoenix, Lili Taylor, Richard Panebianco

    An ineffably bittersweet portrait of youth in the 1960s, Nancy Savoca’s funny, sensitive tale of love and war etches two vividly alive characters: aspiring San Francisco folk singer Rose (Lili...

  • Household Saints
    2:04:52
    Household Saints
    Episode 2

    Household Saints

    Episode 2

    Directed by Nancy Savoca • 1993 • United States
    Starring Tracey Ullman, Vincent D’Onofrio, Lili Taylor

    Based on the novel by Francine Prose, Nancy Savoca’s wonderfully warm chronicle of a spirited Italian American New York family gracefully balances humor, tragedy, and pathos. Vincent D’Onofrio’...

  • Renata
    15:39
    Renata
    Episode 3

    Renata

    Episode 3

    Directed by Nancy Savoca • 1982 • United States
    Starring Marianne Leone Cooper, Jo Deodato Clark, Carla Wynn

    With her very first short film, made while she was a student at NYU, director Nancy Savoca explores what would become a hallmark of her work—the push-pull between generations—through an a...

  • Bad Timing
    23:59
    Bad Timing
    Episode 4

    Bad Timing

    Episode 4

    Directed by Nancy Savoca • 1982 • United States

    In her second student film, director Nancy Savoca captures the often disillusioning experience of first love through the story of a young girl and boy who run away from New York City together with dreams of making it big in Hollywood—but it only ta...

  • The Many Miracles of Household Saints
    58:04
    The Many Miracles of Household Saints
    Episode 5

    The Many Miracles of Household Saints

    Episode 5

    Directed by Martina Savoca-Guay • 2024 • United States

    In keeping with the intergenerational magic of her mother Nancy Savoca’s HOUSEHOLD SAINTS, director Martina Savoca-Guay reveals the improbable story behind the making of the film. Combining behind-the-scenes footage from the set with intervi...

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