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Preview Image Sophia Takal
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Birth Name: Sophia Takal

Birth Date: 1986-05-12

Birth Place: Montclair, Essex County, United States

Details

Alternate Names: Harvey Mitkas

Physical Characteristics: N/A

Career

First Appearances:

  • After Lilly (2010) as Lilly

Most Important Roles:

  • V/H/S (2012) as Stephanie (segment "Second Honeymoon")
  • Gabi on the Roof in July (2010) as Gabi
  • All the Light in the Sky (2013) as Faye
  • Molly's Theory of Relativity (2013) as Molly
  • Open Five 2 (2012) as
  • Green (2011) as Robin
  • The Zone (2011) as Sophia
  • Hellaware (2013) as Bernadette
  • Pollywogs (2013) as Jessica (voice)
  • Detonator (2013) as Belle

Career Highlights:

  • V/H/S (2012)
  • Gabi on the Roof in July (2010)
  • All the Light in the Sky (2013)
  • Molly's Theory of Relativity (2013)
  • Open Five 2 (2012)
  • Green (2011)
  • The Zone (2011)
  • Hellaware (2013)
  • Pollywogs (2013)
  • Detonator (2013)

Awards

Awards:

  • Nominated for 1 Festival Award - Best Narrative Feature (2015)
  • Won Festival Award - Best Brooklyn Project (2015)
  • Nominated for 1 New Visions Award - Best Motion Picture (2016)
  • Won Emerging Filmmaker Award (2011)
  • Nominated for 1 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You (2011)
  • Nominated for 1 Audience Award - New Auteurs (2016)
  • Won Audience Award - Honorable Mention - American Independents (2011)
  • Won Emerging Woman Award (2011)
  • Nominated for 1 Audience Award - Emerging Visions (2011)
  • Nominated for 1 Independent Visions Award - Best Film (2015)
  • Won Chameleon - Brooklyn Pride Award (2015)
  • Won Certificate of Excellence - Best Actress (2010)
  • Nominated for 1 Jury Award - Best U.S. Narrative Feature (2016)
  • Won Best Narrative Feature - Narrative Feature Film (2017)
  • Won Special Jury Prize - Narrative Feature (2016)
  • Nominated for 1 Narrative Feature Competition (2016)
  • Won Narrative Feature Competition - Special Jury Prize - Direction (2016)
  • Nominated for 1 Best Feature - Narrative (2016)
  • Nominated for 1 Best Feature - Narrative (2011)

Full Biography

Sophia Takal is an American actress, writer and director, perhaps best known for her work in independent features such as All the Light in the Sky, Supporting Characters and Gabi on the Roof in July. Filmmaker magazine named Takal one of the "25 New Faces of Film" in 2011. She directed and co-wrote the 2019 remake of the 1974 horror film Black Christmas.

Sophia Takal


About the Movie: God's Pocket (2014)

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Release Year: 2014

Nation: United States

Alternative Title: Bogu iza nogu, Божий карман

Director: John Slattery

Writer: Alex Metcalf, John Slattery

Production & Genre

Producer(s): Producer: Emily Ziff Griffin, Jackie Kelman Bisbee, John Slattery, Lance Acord, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sam Bisbee

Companies: Cooper's Town, Park Pictures Features, Shoestring Pictures

Genre: Drama

Awards & Similar

Awards:

  • 1 nomination

Similar: N/A

Keywords

Story

The story follows Mickey Scarpato, a lowlife living in the rough neighborhood of God's Pocket in South Philadelphia. When his stepson, Leon, dies under mysterious circumstances during a fight at a construction site, Mickey tries to cover up the truth by staging a car accident. However, things get complicated when a newspaper columnist named Richard Shellhammer starts investigating Leon's death and Leon's mother, Jeannie, becomes suspicious of Mickey's actions.

Summary

God's Pocket is a drama film directed by John Slattery in 2014. Set in the gritty, working-class neighborhood of South Philadelphia, the film explores themes of loyalty, deceit, and the struggle to maintain one's dignity in difficult circumstances. Based on the novel of the same name by Pete Dexter, the movie stars Philip Seymour Hoffman as Mickey Scarpato, a man trying to navigate the treacherous waters of his community while keeping a dark secret hidden.