Lost Kisses
Open Roads: New Italian Cinema 2011
June 1 - 8, 2011
In this playful satire, the theft of a Madonna statue’s head seems to trigger visions in 13-year-old Manuela, which are quickly exploited by her dysfunctional family.
When the head of a Madonna statue goes missing, a southern Sicilian village is sent into a tizzy. But when 13-year-old Manuela declares that she saw the Virgin Mary herself in a vision and learned the whereabouts of the missing piece, the real shenanigans ensue. Director Roberta Torre spins a hilarious satire on religion and small-town life, reteaming with her fiery Angela star Donatella Finocchiaro, who brings her hilarious verve to the part of Manuela’s opportunistic mother.
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