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  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 39 m

Summary Having recently returned to her native Italy after living in Switzerland for 10 years, quiet but curious 13-year-old Marta is left to her own devices while her loving but worn-out mother toils away at an industrial bakery. Marta's only source of socialization is the local church, where she is told to attend preparatory classes for her co...

Directed By: Alice Rohrwacher

Written By: Alice Rohrwacher

  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 39 m

Corpo Celeste

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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Summary Having recently returned to her native Italy after living in Switzerland for 10 years, quiet but curious 13-year-old Marta is left to her own devices while her loving but worn-out mother toils away at an industrial bakery. Marta's only source of socialization is the local church, where she is told to attend preparatory classes for her co...

Directed By: Alice Rohrwacher

Written By: Alice Rohrwacher

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80
Jun 5, 2012
Rohrwacher almost overplays her metaphors, but her understated characterizations, cinematographer Hélène Louvart's rapturous range, and especially Vianello's eerie grace combine to make Corpo Celeste the ideal cinematic antidote to the summer doldrums.
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80
Jun 5, 2012
With echoes of the Dardennes and Lucrecia Martel, Corpo Celeste's acute sense of place, feel for adolescent confusion and miraculous resolution suggest that Rohrwacher is a talent to watch.
By Tom Dawson FULL REVIEW
80
Jun 5, 2012
Quietly compelling, the cerebral slice of social realism is well worth hunting down.
By David Parkinson FULL REVIEW
75
Jun 5, 2012
Once Corpo Celeste began to recede a little in my rearview mirror, my initial impatience softened a little.
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70
Jun 5, 2012
Rohrwacher's picture offers a Dardennes-esque look at a working-class teen's growing pains in a backwater parish in southern Italy. Minor tonal inconsistencies are overcome by this intimate tale's naturalistic thesping and loose lensing style.
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60
Jun 5, 2012
An accomplished debut.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW
50
Jun 7, 2012
Ms. Rohrwacher combines a documentary impulse (effective in family scenes) with a more allegorical one. Her film gets clunky when allegory has the upper hand, and that means Corpo Celeste often stumbles, along with its 12-year-old heroine, Marta (Yle Vianello).
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Production Company Rai Cinema, Tempesta, JBA Production, Amka Films Productions, Arte France Cinéma, RSI-Radiotelevisione Svizzera, SRG - SSR, ARTE, Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna, Calabria Film Commission, Regione Calabria, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali (MiBAC)
Release Date Jun 8, 2012
Duration 1 h 39 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website https://www.amka.ch/film/corpo-celeste/
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Awards

Golden Ciak Awards
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
FICE - Federazione Italiana Cinema d'Essai
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

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