| Heavenly Body | |
| Director: | Alice Rohrwacher |
| Producer: | Carlo Cresto-Dina |
| Starring: | Salvatore Cantalupo |
| Music: | Piero Crucitti |
| Cinematography: | Hélène Louvart |
| Editing: | Marco Spoletini |
| Runtime: | 100 minutes |
| Country: | Italy |
| Language: | Italian |
Heavenly Body (Italian: '''Corpo celeste''') is a 2011 Italian drama film directed by Alice Rohrwacher.[1] [2]
The film relates a young girl's experience of coming to age and receiving Confirmation. Her parish is run by a corrupt priest, Don Mario, and his helpers. The film covers her relationship not only with herself but with the alienating world which surrounds her, including the Catholic Church.
Heavenly Body has an approval rating of 84% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 19 reviews, and an average rating of 6.9/10.[3] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 65 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[4]