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Feature Films
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After growing up in Switzerland, 13-year-old Marta
returns to a city in southern Italy with her mother and
older sister. Independent and inquisitive, she joins a
catechism class at a local church. However, the games
and religious pop songs she encounters there do not
nearly satisfy her interest in faith. Struggling to find
her place, Marta pushes the boundaries of the class,
the priest, and the church. Contemplating religion is an
enduring tradition in Italian cinema, but director Alice
Rohrwacher brings a fresh inflection and a provocative
artistic vision. Her vérité aesthetic emphasizes character
and subtle behavior. Uninterested in shallow critique,
In this lighthearted comedy about the trials and
tribulations of family life, Mélanie Laurent (Inglorious
Bastards, La Rafle) stars as Justine, a twenty-something
commitment-phobe who works at an x-ray lab by day
and as a creative artist by night. After dumping yet
another boyfriend, she moves in with her sister Dom,
who is trying to adopt. The sisters are united against
their apparently selfish, cynical and heartless father
Éli. Fate then takes an interesting twist when the girls’
60 year-old father announces that his third wife is
expecting a baby! Ironically, his daughter yearns for a
Corpo CeLeSTe
Corpo Celeste posits a girl who is resolutely searching for deeper
truths. Marta instinctively rebels against the apathy and hypocrisy of
the adults around her, including a priest who is more interested in his
career than in faith. Ultimately, Maria’s spirituality is as much of the
Earth as it is of the heavens.
[Dir, Alice Rohrwacher, 2011, Italy, 35mm, 98 mins. In Italian with
English subtitles.]
Website: www.filmmovement.com
This film is part of the COUNTRY SPOTLIGHT: ITALY
child but has to adopt, whilst Éli seems less than thrilled to be a father
once again. At the same time, in trying to get closer to his daughter, Éli
succeeds in befriending Justine’s exes without her knowing. He almost
ruins everything when Justine falls in love with Sami, who might be
“the one.” A hilarious and moving comedy, starring great actresses
together with the brilliant Michel Blanc as Eli.
[Dir. Mona Achache, 2010, France, 35mm, 98 mins. In French with
English subtitles]
Website: www.filmmovement.com
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