• Director(s)

    Laura Samani

  • Production Year

    2021

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    88m

Film

Small Body

moderate threat, bloody images, violence, infant death theme

SMALL BODY is a drama film, set in Italy in 1900, in which a woman embarks on a journey to a church in the mountains to have her stillborn daughter baptised. …

SMALL BODY is a drama film, set in Italy in 1900, in which a woman embarks on a journey to a church in the mountains to have her stillborn daughter baptised.

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violence
A person is shot during a sequence of moderate violence, though the bullet impact occurs off screen.
threat and horror
There are scenes of moderate threat, including ones in which a woman is kidnapped by people who intend to force her into service as a wet-nurse, and another in which bandits roughly restrain people and threaten them with guns. Another scene shows a person drowning, without strong detail.
injury detail
We see blood staining a woman’s underclothes and legs in the days after she gives birth. One woman cuts another’s hand during a religious ceremony, with brief bloody detail.
theme
The film follows a woman who, after being told that her stillborn baby will spend eternity in Limbo, takes a box containing the baby’s body on a long journey in the hope of having her baptised. The baby is shown only briefly, and without graphic detail. The theme of bereavement is handled sensitively, and scenes of emotional upset are depicted in a restrained manner.
additional issues
There is non-sexualised nudity as a sick woman is bathed by other women.

  • Director(s)

    Laura Samani

  • Production Year

    2021

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    88m

moderate threat, bloody images, violence, infant death theme
Classified Date:
29/03/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Other Parties Film Company
violence
A person is shot during a sequence of moderate violence, though the bullet impact occurs off screen.
threat and horror
There are scenes of moderate threat, including ones in which a woman is kidnapped by people who intend to force her into service as a wet-nurse, and another in which bandits roughly restrain people and threaten them with guns. Another scene shows a person drowning, without strong detail.
injury detail
We see blood staining a woman’s underclothes and legs in the days after she gives birth. One woman cuts another’s hand during a religious ceremony, with brief bloody detail.
theme
The film follows a woman who, after being told that her stillborn baby will spend eternity in Limbo, takes a box containing the baby’s body on a long journey in the hope of having her baptised. The baby is shown only briefly, and without graphic detail. The theme of bereavement is handled sensitively, and scenes of emotional upset are depicted in a restrained manner.
additional issues
There is non-sexualised nudity as a sick woman is bathed by other women.
moderate threat, bloody images, violence, infant death theme
Classified Date:
01/11/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Central City Media Ltd
violence
A person is shot during a sequence of moderate violence, though the bullet impact occurs off screen.
threat and horror
There are scenes of moderate threat, including ones in which a woman is kidnapped by people who intend to force her into service as a wet-nurse, and another in which bandits roughly restrain people and threaten them with guns. Another scene shows a person drowning, without strong detail.
injury detail
We see blood staining a woman’s underclothes and legs in the days after she gives birth. One woman cuts another’s hand during a religious ceremony, with brief bloody detail.
theme
The film follows a woman who, after being told that her stillborn baby will spend eternity in Limbo, takes a box containing the baby’s body on a long journey in the hope of having her baptised. The baby is shown only briefly, and without graphic detail. The theme of bereavement is handled sensitively, and scenes of emotional upset are depicted in a restrained manner.
additional issues
There is non-sexualised nudity as a sick woman is bathed by other women.

  • Classified date

    01/11/2022

  • Language

    Italian