Small Body

Small Body (Piccolo corpo) is a 2021 Italian drama film directed by Laura Samani, at her feature film debut. It premiered at the 74th Cannes Film Festival, in the Critics' Week sidebar. It won the European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year.

Plot
Agata's baby is stillborn. According to Catholic tradition, its soul is condemned to Limbo. When she hears of a church whose priest has the supernatural power to bring a dead child back to life she ventures on a journey with the child in a coffin on her back.

Reception
Small Body has an approval rating of 100% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 16 reviews, and an average rating of 7.8/10. Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 77 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "generaly favorable reviews".