Debut of the Movie "Corpo Celeste"

After a successful premiere at the New York Film Festival, the internationally-acclaimed film Corpo Celeste opens on Friday, June 8th at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center (166 West 65th St., between Columbus and Amsterdam Ave.). Having recently returned to her native Italy after living in Switzerland for ten years, quiet but curious 13-year-old Marta is left to her own devices while her loving but worn-out mother toils away at an industrial bakery. Marta’s only source of socialization is the local church, where she is told to attend preparatory classes for her confirmation. But the doctrines of Roman Catholicism offer little in terms of life lessons or consolation, and she quickly sees through the hypocrisy of the priest, who cares more about status than about his constituents. Eventually, Marta forges her very own way of the cross, which turns out to have much less to do with God than with her own climb towards adulthood. Opens in New York City Friday, June 8th Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center 166 West 65th St. (between Columbus and Amsterdam Ave.)Showtimes: 11AM, 1:15PM, 3:30PM, 5:45PM, 8PM (extra 10:15PM show on Friday and Saturday)For more information or advance tickets, call 212-875-5367. Watch the trailer here.

More screening at Howard Gilman Theater, on Wednesday June 13 and Thursday June 14 at 11.00am - 1.15pm - 3.30pm - 5.45pm - 8.00pm