Household Saints
The Santangelos asked for a miracle. God gave them something slightly more complicated. Their daughter Teresa.
1993 | 124m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Nancy Savoca |
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| Writer: | Nancy Savoca, Richard Guay, Francine Prose |
| Staring: |
| A chronicle of three generations of Italian-American women struggling to get by in post-World War II New York’s Little Italy. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 15, 1993 |
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| Director: | Nancy Savoca |
| Writer: | Nancy Savoca, Richard Guay, Francine Prose |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | new york city, italian american, based on novel or book, card game, arranged marriage, mother-in-law, butcher's shop, superstition, 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 |
| Production Companies | Fine Line Features, Clinica Estetico, Jones Entertainment Group, Peter Newman Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $750,263
Budget: $5,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 30, 2026 Entered: Apr 24, 2024 |
| Name | Job |
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| Nancy Savoca | Director, Screenplay |
| Stephen Endelman | Original Music Composer |
| Kalina Ivanov | Production Design |
| Richard Guay | Screenplay |
| Francine Prose | Novel |
| Bobby Bukowski | Director of Photography |
| Elizabeth Kling | Editor |
| Charles M. Lagola | Art Direction |
| Eugenie Bafaloukos | Costume Design |
| Eliza Coleman | Stunt Coordinator |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Peter Newman | Producer |
| Jonathan Demme | Executive Producer |
| Richard Guay | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 3 |
| 2024 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 2 |
| 2024 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 1 |
| 2024 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 6 | 27 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Trending Position
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| 2025 | 1 | 893 | 893 |