Pair wrap Leo pic

Cassidy Shatzky While their feature docu bow "The Patron Saints" is positioned to world preem in Toronto Wednesday, co-helmers John M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky of latest You'll be able to-based Pigeon Projects aren't browsing the wings. The husband-and-wife duo just wrapped feature drama bow "Francine," starring Melissa Leo ("The Fighter") just like a recently released inmate who moves to have an isolated small town and rejects human connection meant for coping with animals. "We made ('Francine') becoming an ode towards the own residual feelings of detachment as well as the deep sense of salvation we now have both always felt in the presence of animals," the duo mentioned in the joint statement. "Melissa Leo introduced for the role of Francine only the kind of nuance and quiet vitality that individuals were trying to find in the protagonist."Pic was shot in Hudson Valley, N.Y., with Cassidy and Shatzky (Hurricane Katrina short "God Provides") co-scripting and co-pointing and Pigeon and Washington Square Films creating. The happy couple fly into publish-production carrying out a Toronto fest."Saints" takes an unorthodox have a look at day-to-day existence a seniors care for your aged and disabled, featuring narration within the home's youngest resident.The duo's short docu and fiction films have examined at Sundance, Rotterdam, Toronto and Edinburgh film fests, additionally to at museums and art galleries. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com