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Corpo celeste

Italy, Switzerland, France

2011

100 Min
Color
1.85:1
Italian
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DIR Alice Rohrwacher

PROD Carlo Cresto-Dina

SCR Alice Rohrwacher

DP Hélène Louvart

CAST Yle Vianello, Salvatore Cantalupo, Pasqualina Scuncia, Anita Caprioli, Renato Carpentieri

ED Marco Spoletini

PROD DES Luca Servino

MUSIC Piero Crucitti

SOUND Emmanuel Cecere

Cannes (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs), Karlovy Vary (Another View), New York, Vancouver (Cinema of Our Time), London (Cinema Europa), Chicago (World Cinema), Sundance (Spotlight), Göteborg (Debut Award Competition): Ingmar Bergman Debut Award, CPH PIX (Spotlight: Italien)

Synopsis

13 year old Marta who is struggling to resettle to the south of Italy after ten years growing up in Switzerland. Bright-eyed and restless, she observes the sights, sounds and smells of the city but feels very much an outsider. Marta is about to undergo the rite of confirmation and she takes catechism but confronts the morality of the local Catholic community. From experiencing her period to making a bold decision to cut her hair, Marta begins to shape her own life for the first time since moving back to Italy. –Quinzaine des Réalisateurs

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24Jun11

semplicemente da rivedere...e spero presto!!

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Mattia 5

14Jun11

I don't know if his biggest guilt is to be boring or vain.

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sharunasbresson

5Jun11

I'm deeply moved by this sensitive movie!

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rien va

29May11

"Habemus Papam" cosa? Questo è il vero film sul cattolicesimo e sulla chiesa, oggi.

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A good story only moderately well told.

By Michael Harbour on February 20, 2012

A (barely) teenage girl resettled in a very Catholic, though not catholic, Italian community after growing up in Switzerland begins catechism classes to prepare for her confirmation. It quickly becomes…  read review

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