Small Body

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 and save their soul. 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.

Laura Samani’s feature debut comes to the Haifa Festival from its premiere at the Critics’ Week section of the 2021 Cannes Festival. The lyrical, atmospheric film draws us into a different world, where Catholicism, folklore and mysticism blend together.

Feature Debut

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