The Angel Moroni trumpeting a lesbian-themed screwball comedy? Only at Sundance.
Maria Maggenti’s comedy “Puccini For Beginners” -- about an opera-loving lesbian who falls for a guy and a girl simultaneously -- opens with some nice New York scenery. But the money shot, over which the movie’s title is seen, is a perfect view of the gold Moroni statue from atop the Manhattan temple.
In the post-show Q-and-A, Maggenti said it was a coincidence. “That was B-roll,” she said. “We had to use whatever we shot.”