St. Roz

St. Roz

78 mins | Drama, Comedy, Family | Sept. 16, 2010

Minnie Barr's weight-loss empire is booming in Hamilton. She has but one thorn in her side: her overweight daughter Judy. In a poor church near the steel mills, a corpulent altar girl discovers that she loses a pound whenever she lights a dollar candle before a recently delivered statue. Women swarm the church. One of them is Judy. Within weeks, St. Roz is an international star. And as Judy celebrates her new figure, her mother's world, along with the rest of the forty billion dollar weight loss industry lies in tatters. Powerful forces decide that the statue must disappear. Two gentle forces decide to save her.

St. Roz

78 mins | Drama, Comedy, Family | Sept. 16, 2010

St. Roz
Minnie Barr's weight-loss empire is booming in Hamilton. She has but one thorn in her side: her overweight daughter Judy. In a poor church near the steel mills, a corpulent altar girl discovers that she loses a pound whenever she lights a dollar candle before a recently delivered statue. Women swarm the church. One of them is Judy. Within weeks, St. Roz is an international star. And as Judy celebrates her new figure, her mother's world, along with the rest of the forty billion dollar weight loss industry lies in tatters. Powerful forces decide that the statue must disappear. Two gentle forces decide to save her.
Producers Lamport-Sheppard Entertainment
Original title St. Roz
Directors Gregory Sheppard, Dug Rotstein
Writers Maryann Kovalski

Cast

Rachel Wilson

as Judy Gold

Victoria Snow

as Minnie Barr

Michael Lamport

as Father Culkoski

Jonathan Higgins

as Howard

Michelle Nolden

as Sharon Gold

Sarah Allen

as Cathy

Tim Rozon

as Neil

Jayne Eastwood

as Mrs. P

David Fox

as The Cardinal