International Competition · 43rd Edition
SMALL BODY
PICCOLO CORPO
Director
Laura SAMANI
Country
Italy, France, Slovenia
Runtime
1 h 29 min
Language
Italian
Premiere
MENA premiere (Middle East and North Africa)
Synopsis
Italy, 1900. Young Agata’s baby is stillborn and so, condemned to Limbo. Agata hears about a place in the mountains, where infants can be brought back to life for just one breath, to baptize them. She undertakes a voyage with her daughter’s small body hidden in a box and meets Lynx, a solitary boy who offers to help her. They set off on an adventure that will enable both to come close to a miracle that seems impossible.
Cast
Celeste CESCUTTI, Ondina QUADRI
Screenplay
Laura Samani, Marco Borromei, Elisa Dondi
Producers
Nadia TREVISAN, Danijel HOČEVAR, Thomas LAMBERT, Alberto Fasulo
About the Director
Born in 1989 in Trieste. After graduating in Philosophy & Literature at the University of Pisa, she studied at Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia (Rome), directing class. Her graduation short movie, "The Sleeping Saint'', premiered at Cannes Cinéfondation in 2016. In 2018 she worked for the Maremetraggio Association, conducting the participatory video workshop Città Visibile. "Small Body" is her first feature.
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