Bold and unremitting in its depiction of the elderly, The Patron Saints eschews our hyper-individualistic culture obsessed with youth. Taking a head-on approach, husband-and-wife duo Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky peer with fly-on-the-wall access into the beige, featureless corridors of a nursing home, presenting an uneasy yet impactful 'portrait of fading bodies and minds.' Forgoing conventional documentary modes for a poetic treatment of the aging, the residents here, shot over the course of five years, are captured with a disconcerting deadpan realism - candid depictions not unlike Larry Clark’s bruising sexually active teenagers in Kids (1995). Jim, the youngest resident, a paralyzed man who has been in and out of institutions his entire life, is our humble, wisecracking narrator and guide. A startling wake-up call that takes up permanent residence in the mind, The Patron Saints unearths a rare beauty in the bleakest of places.

Pigeon Projects

Nursing homes, Nursing home patients

Cassidy, Brian M. (director), Cassidy, Brian M. (editor), Cassidy, Brian M. (producer), Cassidy, Brian M. (videographer), Shatzky, Melanie (producer), Shatzky, Melanie (director), Shatzky, Melanie (editor), Shatzky, Melanie (videographer), Wentz, Brooke (collaborator), Sjostrom, Nicholas (sound designer), Edmands, Lance (editor), Pigeon Projects (producer), Cinereach (collaborator), Chicken & Egg Pictures (collaborator), New York State Council on the Arts (collaborator), Rooftop Films and IFP (collaborator)

01:09:11 (HH:MM:SS)

English

adult/continuing education, higher education

Name	Pigeon Projects
Role	producer
Address	68 Martingale Lane, Brewster, MA 02631
Email	[email protected]

2014-01-01

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