The entry into womanhood of a farming family’s eldest daughter is at the heart of Alice Rohrwacher’s gentle second featureWriter-director Alice Rohrwacher has developed an impressive career since unveiling her autobiographical first feature,Corpo Celeste, in 2012, and this followup,a comparably sweet-natured coming-of-age chronicle set in the northern Italian countryside, won her the grand prix at final year’s Cannes film festival. It has the same gentle fluency, and the same feeling for a visual flourish – though I wonder if it is all a bit insubstantial. Related: Corpo Celeste - review Continue reading...
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