Corpo Celeste (2012)
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81% of critics liked it
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39% of users liked it
(1,319 ratings)
Having recently returned to her native Italy after living in Switzerland for 10 years, quiet but curious 13-year-old Marta is left to her own devices while her loving but worn-out mother toils away at an industrial bakery. Marta's only source of socialization is the local church, where she is… More Having recently returned to her native Italy after living in Switzerland for 10 years, quiet but curious 13-year-old Marta is left to her own devices while her loving but worn-out mother toils away at an industrial bakery. Marta's only source of socialization is the local church, where she is told to attend preparatory classes for her confirmation. But the doctrines of Roman Catholicism offer little in terms of life lessons or consolation, and she quickly sees through the hypocrisy of the priest, who cares more about status than about his constituents. Eventually, Marta forges her very own way of the cross, which turns out to have much less to do with God than with her own climb towards adulthood. -- (C) Film Movement
- Directed By
- Alice Rohrwacher
- Written By
- Alice Rohrwacher
- Genres
- Faith & Spirituality, Art House & International, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Special Interest
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jun 8, 2012 Limited
- Studio
- Film Movement
Critic Reviews
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Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle
For those willing to overlook its few slips into heavy-handedness, "Corpo Celeste" tells a compelling story of a 12-year-old girl thrust into a strange new world.
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Rachel Saltz, New York Times
"Corpo Celeste" often stumbles, along with its 12-year-old heroine, Marta (Yle Vianello).
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Eric Hynes, Time Out New York
Alice Rohrwacher's debut fictional feature is an uncommonly insightful portrait of nascent womanhood, assisted in no small measure by Vianello's disarmingly naturalistic performance.
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Mark Holcomb, Village Voice
Corpo Celeste would be a treat in any season, but it's particularly refreshing amid the summer-movie bombast.
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Cath Clarke, Time Out
Vianello gives a lovely, unforced performance as Marta, who begins to see that the blue-eyed, open-armed fuzzy Jesus she's being sold is a fake.
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Cast
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Yle Vianello
as Marta
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Salvatore Cantalupo
as Don Mario
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Pasqualina Scuncia
as Santa
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Anita Caprioli
as Rita
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Renato Carpentieri
as Don Lorenzo
- Paola Lavini
