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Small Body

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Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews

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Small Body

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Arizona Distribution | Release Date: TBA | Not Rated

Starring: Celeste Cescutti, Ondina Quadri

Summary: Italy, 1900. Agata is a young woman who embarks herself on a desperate journey to reach a mysterious sanctuary to save her daughter's soul from the eternal damnation of Limbo.

Director: Laura Samani

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 89 min

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CineVue

John Bleasdale

Apr 12, 2022

It is a film about a personal grief which gradually, step by step, takes on a mythic resonance. This is a new and vibrant talent to be watched. Read full review

80

Screen Daily

Wendy Ide

Apr 12, 2022

A rough-hewn fairytale unfolding against a fully realised world, this is an arresting feature debut for director Laura Samani. Read full review

80

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Apr 12, 2022

Samani’s film-making language has consistency and urgency, and there is an interesting streak of atheism that goes alongside this movie’s spiritual aura. Read full review

80

The Irish Times

Tara Brady

Apr 15, 2022

Celeste Cescutti leads a parochial cast that is largely unprofessional, with a fierce performance that bosses and grounds the film’s magic realist themes. Read full review

80

The Observer (UK) Wendy Ide

Apr 12, 2022

With its colour palette of mossy greens, terracotta and earth tones, and its matter-of-fact approach to themes of folklore and mysticism, this gorgeous first feature from Italian director Laura Samani is as enchanting as it is unusual. Read full review

60

Little White Lies

Emily Maskell

Apr 12, 2022

It’s an accomplished directorial debut, focusing on the power of faith and the strength of motherhood to become symbiotic beasts fighting for dominance in its hero’s mind during her quest for autonomy. Read full review

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