If Italy has a darling, it’s probably 33-year-old Alice Rohrwacher, this year’s Grand Prix winner at the Cannes Film Festival for her second feature-length film, Le Meraviglie (The Wonders).
Alice and her sister Alba Rohrwacher are Italy’s version of the Manning Brothers, Peyton and Eli, wildly successful siblings working in the same field and though most likely at least a little competitive are apparently very happy for one another’s accomplishments.
Alba, one of Italy’s best and most prolific actresses, stars in her sister’s award-winning Le Mereviglie, along with Monica Bellucci and some unknown child actors.
Since it will be difficult for Americans to see Le Mereviglie for a while, in the meantime, I urge everyone to see her first feature-length film, Corpo Celeste, starring Anita Caprioli.
Corpo Celeste is the story of 13 year-old Marta who has recently moved back to southern Italy with her mother and older sister. Having not been raised with of a religious background in Switzerland, she’s not really prepared for the “Jesus Land” Communion classes that her mother enrolls her in.
READ MY REVIEW OF CORPO CELESTE
I Love Italian Everything 