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 affecting, vividly naturalistic portrait of a struggling New York City mother (Marianne Leone Cooper) whose desire for a divorce bumps up against her family’s traditional Catholic values.
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Bad Timing
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...
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The Many Miracles of Household Saints
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...
