Heavenly Body (film)

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Heavenly Body
Corpo celeste poster.jpg
Film poster
Directed by Alice Rohrwacher
Written byAlice Rohrwacher
Produced by Carlo Cresto-Dina
Starring Salvatore Cantalupo
Cinematography Hélène Louvart
Edited by Marco Spoletini
Music byPiero Crucitti
Release dates
  • 17 May 2011 (2011-05-17)(Cannes)
  • 20 May 2011 (2011-05-20)(Italy)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Heavenly Body (Italian : Corpo celeste) is a 2011 Italian drama film directed by Alice Rohrwacher. [1] [2]

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Plot

The film relates a young girl's experience of coming to age and receiving Confirmation. Her parish is run by a corrupt priest, Don Mario, and his helpers. The film covers her relationship not only with herself but with the alienating world which surrounds her, including the Catholic Church.

Cast

Reception

Heavenly Body has an approval rating of 84% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 19 reviews, and an average rating of 6.9/10. [3] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 65 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [4]

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References

  1. Smith, Ian Hayden (2012). International Film Guide 2012. p. 154. ISBN   978-1908215017.
  2. "The moon in May". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  3. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/corpo_celeste
  4. https://www.metacritic.com/movie/corpo-celeste?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1c