Christopher Meloni is keeping it all in the family for his next film project.
The veteran star teamed with his daughter, Sophia Meloni, for a role in her feature directorial debut called Chop Cheese, alongside a cast that includes Michael Gandolfini, Luca Rickman, Anki Alvarez and Dylan Frankel. The film is described as a coming-of-age story set in New York’s bodega culture. It follows a 16-year-old boy as he reckons with manhood while vying for “boss” status from the grill master at the local bodega, only to learn that respect has a price and must be earned.
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Sophia Meloni wrote and directed the film, which was produced by Lisa Rudin. Nailing the family focus, Chop Cheese was inspired by a short story the fledgling filmmaker wrote in college while observing the teenage years of her younger brother, Dante, as he was living
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