I rarely walk out of Screenings at Sundance and I always sit to the (sometimes bitter) end hoping that even the worst movie will redeems itself before the final Credits roll. This however, is one such film that I wish I hadn’t wasted a whole 100 minutes on. This is a very weird cold fish of an Italian movie about a poor thirteen year old girl who has recently moved back from Switzerland and is trying to make sense of her life which is intrinsically structured around the Church. Along with other disaffected students in this depressingly impoverished Town in Southern Italy the main part of her day is going to
catechism class in preparation for her Confirmation. The priest however is more
concerned with badgering his poor parishioners to vote for the far Right Forza
Party Candidate in the upcoming Elections. And meanwhile the church cat gave
birth to kittens which they put in a plastic bag and ……! Did I
mention it was Catholic? That should say it all!
catechism class in preparation for her Confirmation. The priest however is more
concerned with badgering his poor parishioners to vote for the far Right Forza
Party Candidate in the upcoming Elections. And meanwhile the church cat gave
birth to kittens which they put in a plastic bag and ……! Did I
mention it was Catholic? That should say it all!
If you insist on seeing it (and why would you?) then follow young Marta’s lead and put a blindfold on and pray!
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