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Completed - ITALIAN - Drama, Female director, First film - 89 minutes

Log Line

A grief-stricken young woman leaves her seaside village behind to try and free her stillborn baby’s soul, setting out on a perilous journey to a remote mountain sanctuary where she holds faith in a miracle.

Year of production : 2021

Director(s) : Laura SAMANI
Cast : Celeste CESCUTTI, Ondina QUADRI

Producer(s) : Nadia TREVISAN (NEFERTITI FILM), Danijel HOČEVAR (VERTIGO), Thomas LAMBERT (TOMSA FILMS)

Synopsis

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. They set off on an adventure which will enable both to come close to a miracle.

Production

Country(ies) : ITALY, FRANCE, SLOVENIA

FRANCE Feb 16, 2022 ARIZONA FILMS D
NETHERLAND Jul 14, 2022 CASSETTE
NETHERLAND Jul 14, 2022 VEDETTE
SWITZERLAN CINÉMATHÈQUE SU


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Festivals and Awards

La Semaine de la Critique 2021
Toronto - TIFF 2021 Contemporary World Cinema
Busan IFF 2021 World Cinema


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