Small Body

Piccolo Corpo

62nd TIFF: Greek Premiere

Italy, 1900. Young Agata’s baby is stillborn and so, condemned to Limbo. Agata hears about a place in the mountains, where infants can be brought back to life for just one breath, to baptize them. She undertakes a voyage with her daughter’s small body hidden in a box and meets Lynx, a solitary boy who offers to help her. They set off on an adventure that will enable both to come close to a miracle that seems impossible.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Available at the Agora Market.

Direction: Laura Samani

Script: Marco Borromei, Elisa Dondi, Laura Samani

Cinematography: Mitja Ličen

Editing: Chiara Dainese

Sound: Riccardo Spagnol

Music: Fredrika Stahl

Actors: Celeste Cescutti, Ondina Quadri

Production: Nefertiti Film, Rai Cinema

Producers: Nadia Trevisan, Alberto Fasulo

Co-production: Tomsa Films, Vertigo

Co-producers: Thomas Lambert, Danijel Hočevar

Costumes: Loredana Buscemi

Production Design: Rachele Meliadò

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: Italy, France, Slovenia

Production Year: 2021

Duration: 89'

Contact: Alpha Violet

Laura Samani

Laura Samani was born in 1989 in Trieste. After graduating in Philosophy & Literature at the University of Pisa, she studied at Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia (Rome), directing class. Her graduation short movie, The Sleeping Saint, premiered at Cannes Cinéfondation in 2016. Since then, it has gained international acclaim and awards in several international festivals. In 2018 she worked for the Maremetraggio Association, conducting the participatory video workshop Città Visibile, financed by Siae Bando SIllumina – Periferie Urbane in Valmaura, Trieste. It is the first laboratory of this type ever conducted in Trieste, it has involved teenagers living in social marginality with the aim of making a self-narrative documentary. Small Body, a raw fairytale, is her first feature.