Pair wrap Leo pic

Cassidy Shatzky While their feature docu bow "The Patron Saints" is placed to world preem in Toronto Wednesday, co-helmers John M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky of recent You are 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") like a lately launched inmate who moves for an isolated small town and rejects human connection in support of dealing with creatures. "We made ('Francine') being an ode to the own residual feelings of detachment and also the deep feeling of salvation we have both always felt in the existence of creatures," the duo stated inside a joint statement. "Melissa Leo introduced towards the role of Francine only the type of nuance and quiet vitality that people were searching for inside a 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 pair fly into publish-production following a Toronto fest."Saints" takes an unorthodox take a look at day-to-day existence a elderly care for that aged and disabled, featuring narration in the home's youngest resident.The duo's short docu and fiction films have tested at Sundance, Rotterdam, Toronto and Edinburgh film fests, in addition to at museums and galleries. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com