Corpo Celeste
2011 · Movie · NR · 99 min · ★ 6.9 · 74% critics
A 13-year-old returns from Switzerland to southern Italy and tries to settle into a new life with family and school. When she’s placed in a church catechism class, she finds the lessons and rituals don’t match her curiosity, pushing her to question authority and search for a more honest sense of faith and belonging.
Also known as Heavenly Body
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Details
- Original title
- Corpo celeste
- Years
- 2011
- Release date
- 2011-05-20
- Language
- Italian
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Critic score
- 74/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (102 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a quiet, questioning coming-of-age story about faith, belonging, and institutional pressure, in the vein of The Wonders; Not for you if you need fast pacing, clear answers, or uplifting religious themes.
Pros: thoughtful coming-of-age; sharp look at hypocrisy; strong lead performance | Cons: slow, subtle pacing; bleak, uneasy moments; ambiguous, open-ended feel
Themes
- faith
- religion
- teenage girl
- church
- woman director
Cast & crew
Yle Vianello
as Marta
- PS
Pasqualina Scuncia
as Santa
Salvatore Cantalupo
as Don Mario
Anita Caprioli
as Rita
Renato Carpentieri
as Don Lorenzo
- MT
Maria Trunfio
as Deborah
Gianni Federico
as Nino
Maria Luisa De Crescenzo
as Rosa
- MC
Mario Canino
as Alfri
- MA
Monia Alfieri
as Donatella
Directed by Alice Rohrwacher