Small Body

Name: Small Body
Genre: Drama
Released: 2022-02-10
Duration: 1 h 29 min
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Celeste Cescutti, Ondina Quadri, Marco Geromin, Giacomina Dereani, Anna Pia Bernardis

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Timing: 1:29 (89 min)

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Video for the film Small Body — Official Trailer

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Release date

2022-02-10

Country

France, Italy, Slovenia

Production

RAI Cinema, Nefertiti Film, Tomsa Films, Vertigo Film

Genre

Drama

Budget

Box office

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Director

Laura Samani

Actors

Celeste Cescutti, Ondina Quadri, Marco Geromin, Giacomina Dereani, Anna Pia Bernardis, Angelo Mattiussi, Luca Sera, Teresa Cappellari, Marzia Corinna Mainardis, Marisa Rupil
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Scenario

Laura Samani

Producer

Danijel Hočevar, Alberto Fasulo, Nadia Trevisan, Thomas Lambert

Camera operator

Mitja Ličen

Composer

Fredrika Stahl

Artist

Rachele Meliadò

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Editing

Chiara Dainese
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Short description

A young woman in early-1900s Italy searches for a mystical sanctuary where her stillborn child can be brought back to life long enough to be baptized.

What's left behind the scenes

The film's director had political reasons for partially using the local dialect in the film. The reason is that during the fascist period in Italy, speaking dialects was prohibited.
The film is based on real stories of remote chapels in the mountains, where images of saints were believed to be able to revive stillborn infants.
Although the journey took only 4 days, the film features both summer and winter scenes, which is explained by the lockdown imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Filming began in January 2020 and was then interrupted for 8 months. It resumed in winter and finished on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2021.