The Patron Saints // New Orleans Film Society

The Patron Saints

USA 72 min.

Saturday, October 13, at 4:00 p.m.
Contemporary Arts Center
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Directors, Producers: Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky
Editor: Lance Edmands
Director Bio: Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky met in 2004 and shortly thereafter began collaborating on both film and photography projects. The duo have shown their work at the Sundance, Berlin, Toronto, and Rotterdam film festivals and won awards at the European Media Art Festival, the Chicago International Film Festival, and the Athens International Film Festival. Their films have also shown in museums and galleries including the National Gallery of Art and the Institute of Contemporary Art. In 2007, Filmmaker Magazine named them as one of "25 New Faces of Independent Film". Cassidy and Shatzky are currently on the film festival circuit with their first narrative feature, Francine, starring Academy-Award winner Melissa Leo.

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The Patron Saints (Trailer) from Pigeon Projects on Vimeo.

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Synopsis

The Patron Saints is a disquieting and hyperrealistic glimpse into life at a nursing home. Bound by the candid confessions of a recently disabled resident, the film weaves haunting images, scenes and stories from within the institution walls. Sidestepping conventional documentary methods for a heightened cinematic approach to storytelling, filmmakers Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky employ lyrical realism and black humour in this charged portrait of fading bodies and minds.

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http://www.thepatronsaintsfilm.com/

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