Nine Good Teeth

A standout at film festivals across the country the critically lauded and irreverently upbeat NINE GOOD TEETH has been distinguished as a "first-rate documentary" (indieWIRE) that is "as if John Waters had joined forces with Francis Ford Coppola to create a home movie" (BBC Storyville). When Brooklyn-born Sicilian-American matriarch "Nana" (Mary Mirabito Livornese Cavalier) was young a gypsy prophesied that she'd live to be 96 years old. With that ominous birthday looming near director Alex Halpern set out to document the wondrously full life of his now 105-year-old grandmother a fiercely independent spitfire with an endless supply of hilariously homespun wisdom. Dreamily unfolding through Nana's stories recollections and interviews with her family-some loving some rivalrous-NINE GOOD TEETH reveals many of the common truths hidden away in all our families as well as the unexpected: late night visits from Beat poet Jack Kerouac illicit love affairs and even the occasional murder. "You'll never live as long as I have" proclaims Nana a truly outspoken and cinematic character who has witnessed the entire Twentieth Century with her own two eyes. DVD Features: Cast and Crew Commentary; Deleted Scenes; Official "Nanaisms"; Theatrical Trailer; Filmmaker Biography; Interactive Menus; Scene Selection.

Director: Alex Halpern
Producer: Alex Halpern
Actor: Mary Mirabito Cavaliere