If you are looking for a great festival to attend in September, why not head up to Providence for the Rhode Island International Film Festival?  Ishai Setton, a filmmaker from Old Lyme, CT, says he had a short in the RIIFF two years ago, and it was such a great festival he is doubly thrilled that his latest short THE BUTCHER AND THE HOUSEWIFE will be shown in this year’s festival.

Painting of Butcher and Housewife by Lisa Goldfarb. Photo courtesy of Four Act Films.

  THE BUTCHER AND THE HOUSEWIFE asks the question, “Have you ever been bored and/or lonely while shopping at a supermarket?” and then seeks to offer a solution to anyone who answers, “Yes.”

Beverly (FrancaVercelloni), is a devalued housewife who meets Pete, (Tim Hayes), a supermarket butcher. They are two lonely souls looking for love in a small Pennsylvania town, Beverly stuck in a loveless marriage to her vegetarian husband, Pete standing sentry at his meet station hoping for love.

Beverly’s one joy, the thing she looks forward to each day is visiting Pete at Ahart’s where she stocks up on ground beef, bacon and mischievous glances from Pete.

THE BUTCHER AND THE HOUSEWIFE – Center; Tim Hayes and Franca Vercelloni (the butcher and the housewife) surrounded by the supermarket dancing ensemble. Photo courtesy of Four Act Films

The Butcher and the Housewife features an ensemble cast, including dancing housewives, swinging supermarket baggers and singing scanners.  The musical soundtrack features the band Scorpions.

THE BUTCHER AND THE HOUSEWIFE’s writer/director Ishai Setton, a graduate of NYU Tisch Film School, is in post-production on his first feature THE BIG BAD SWIM, starring Jeff Branson and Crystal Bock, written by Daniel Schechter and produced by Chandra Simon, with Director of Photography Josh Silfen.

Perky Housewives, from left to right; Katie Brack, Amy Hunt, Brittney Jensen,Tamar Kummel, Robin Levine, Genevieve Montie. Photo courtesy of Four Act Films

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Donald Rae frequently follows the independent film scene in Vermont for IMAGINE. As Deputy Director of the Vermont Film Commission he has his fingers on the pulses of production in the state.