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‘Corpo Celeste’ bestows its coming-of-age story with broad implications

Corpo Celeste Writen by Alice Rohrwacher Directed by Alice Rohrwacher 2011, Italy Corpo Celeste acts as a guide for the uninitiated into the oppressive realm of religious fundamentalism and traditional thinking. The lens under which viewers examine this heady subject matter belongs to a budding adolescent named Marta (played with precocious dignity by newcomer Yile …

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NYFF 2011: ‘Corpo Celeste’ bestows its coming-of-age story with broad implications

Corpo Celeste   Writen by Alice Rohrwacher Directed by Alice Rohrwacher 2011, Italy Corpo Celeste acts as a guide for the uninitiated into the oppressive realm of religious fundamentalism and traditional thinking.  The lens under which viewers examine this heady subject matter belongs to a budding adolescent named Marta (played with precocious dignity by newcomer …

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NYFF 2011: DAY 1 ‘Corpo Celeste’

 Corpo Celeste Directed by Alice Rohrwacher Screenplay by Alice Rohrwacher Italy, 2011 Wrapping up the first day of our excursion to the Lincoln Center is the Italian drama, Corpo Celeste, a story of thirteen year old Marta who is struggling to resettle in a Calabria Catholic school from her native Switzerland. While undergoing her rite …

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NYFF2011: Main Slate Announced

The 49th New York Film Festival has announced their main slate which takes place September 30th thru October 16th at Lincoln Center. The closing night selection is Alexander Payne’s The Descendants which joins the gala screenings of opening night’s Roman Polanski’s Carnage, David Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method, and the Almodóvar/Banderas reunion The Skin I Live …

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