Feast of the Seven Fishes (film)

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Feast of the Seven Fishes
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Directed by Robert Tinnell
Written byRobert Tinnell
Based onFeast of the Seven Fishes
by Robert Tinnell
Produced byJohn Michaels
Jeffrey Tinnell
Robert Scott Witty
Starring Skyler Gisondo
Madison Iseman
Andrew Schulz
Addison Timlin
Josh Helman
Joe Pantoliano
Paul Ben-Victor
Ray Abruzzo
CinematographyJamie Thompson
Edited byAaron J. Shelton
Music byMatt Mariano
Production
companies
Allegheny Image Factory
Witty Michaels Entertainment
Distributed by Shout! Studios
Release dates
  • November 1, 2018 (2018-11-01)(Fairmont, WV premiere)
  • November 15, 2019 (2019-11-15)(United States)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Feast of the Seven Fishes is a 2018 American comedy film written and directed by Robert Tinnell and starring Skyler Gisondo, Madison Iseman, Jessica Darrow, Addison Timlin, Josh Helman, Joe Pantoliano, Paul Ben-Victor, and Ray Abruzzo. It marks the film debut of Jessica Darrow. It is based on Tinnell's 2005 Eisner Award nominated graphic novel of the same name. [1] [2]

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The film won the Audience Choice Award at the Heartland International Film Festival, 2019. [3]

Plot

Feast of the Seven Fishes is a romantic comedy set in a rust-belt town on the banks of the Monongahela River in 1983. When Tony Oliverio, a nice, working-class, Italian-American Catholic boy brings Beth, an affluent, Ivy League, Protestant girl to his family’s raucous traditional seafood feast on Christmas Eve, sparks fly.

Tony goes to a community college's business program as his family expects him eventually to run their grocery store, but his heart and talent is in art. Two days before Christmas, his best friend Angelo invites him out for a night at bars, and he reluctantly agrees. He meets Beth, whose boyfriend Prentice has broken his word to join her for Christmas in favor of a skiing holiday, and they quickly hit it off. The night is interrupted when they hear that Tony's former girlfriend, self-destructive Katie, is going to perform at a strip club. He still feels responsibility for Katie, who has not moved on from Tony, and goes to prevent her. He does, but is assaulted by the club owner in the process. Katie goes to continue her self-destructive ways at a bar, but is rescued by Juke, a friend of both Tony and her. Tony and Beth spend the night, platonically, at the shack behind his grandparents' house which he has converted into a studio. Katie offers herself to Tony's younger brother Vince, but changes her mind after seeing Tony's high school letterman jacket, which he gave her, and sends the frustrated Vince home. She ends the night curled up with the jacket, which is all she has of Tony, who she still loves.

Tony and Beth are found at the studio the next morning by Tony's great-grandmother, Nonna, who is outraged by Tony bringing home a Protestant girl obviously wealthier than them. Nevertheless, Tony's family invites her for the feast, to occur later that day. Beth's mother is very much opposed to Beth going, citing the differences between their families and their custom of spending Christmas Eve quietly at home, but Beth defies her, and goes to the home of Tony's grandparents, where the preparations for the feast are underway. Beth, Juke and other family friends join the Oliverios for the traditional feast, and all have a good time. Juke, stepping outside, sees Katie standing nearby: she regrets losing both Tony and his family, but runs away when Juke calls to her.

Beth reconciles with Tony's nonna by going to midnight Mass with her. When they get back, the first kiss between Tony and Beth is interrupted by the sudden appearance of Beth's mother and Prentice. The boyfriend is abusive in language towards Beth, and Tony punches him, but Beth, her mother and Prentice drive away, leaving Tony devastated. Juke takes some of the leftovers and goes to spend the night with Katie; neither will, as they feared, have to spend Christmas alone. Beth's mother, at their house, urges Beth to reconcile with Prentice, who is regretful for the temper he showed.

Christmas morning, Katie shows up at the grandparents' home, where Tony has spent the night, and returns the jacket, saying she has growing to do, but so does he. Tony, though, has shifted the course of his life by talking to his grandfather about going to art school, where his true talent lies. Katie leaves and Beth appears, in defiance of her mother. The two complete their first kiss.

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Production

The film was shot in Marion County, West Virginia, including the towns of Rivesville and Fairmont. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Trizzino, Eddie (14 January 2018). "Fairmont-born filmmakers bring story of their childhood back to where it all began: PHOTOS". Times West Virginian . Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  2. ↑ Hipes, Patrick (1 August 2019). "'Feast Of The Seven Fishes' Movie, Based On Graphic Novel, Set At Shout! Studios For November Release". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  3. ↑ Feast of the Seven Fishes - IMDb , retrieved 2022-12-13
  4. ↑ Trizzino, Eddie (15 January 2018). "Film being made in Marion County". The Register-Herald . Retrieved 9 March 2019.
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