SMALL BODY
by Laura Samani
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 and save their soul. 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 which will enable both to come close to a miracle.
international title: | Small Body |
original title: | Piccolo corpo |
country: | Italy, France, Slovenia |
sales agent: | Alpha Violet |
year: | 2021 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Laura Samani |
film run: | 89' |
screenplay: | Marco Borromei, Elisa Dondi, Laura Samani |
cast: | Celeste Cescutti, Ondina Quadri |
cinematography by: | Mitja Ličen |
film editing: | Chiara Dainese |
art director: | Rachele Meliadò |
costumes designer: | Loredana Buscemi |
music: | Fredrika Stahl |
producer: | Nadia Trevisan, Alberto Fasulo, Thomas Lambert, Danijel Hočevar |
production: | Nefertiti Film srl, Tomsa Films, Vertigo, RAI Cinema |
backing: | Direzione generale Cinema e audiovisivo del Ministero della Cultura DGCA - MIC, Eurimages |
distributor: | Arizona Films Distribution |