Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItalian director Laura Samani first came to Cannes in 2016 with a short made in film school titled “The Sleeping Saint” that premiered at the Cinéfondation and made a splash.
She’s now back, this time in Critics’ Week, with her first feature “Small Body,” about a grief-stricken young woman who travels from her island village to a remote mountain sanctuary where she believes she can free her stillborn baby’s soul.Samani spoke to Variety about the standout elements she wove into the “Small Body” story: female empowerment, Catholic culture and gender fluidity.In 2016 I found out about the existence of a Catholic sanctuary in my region, Friuli Venezia-Giulia, where up until the end of the 19th century,.
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