The final leg of my day in London was the journey back.
The bus was only half full so I was able to lay my laptop out across the back seats (ok, it was a bit too close to the toilet) and set myself up for Corpo Celeste, Alice Rohrwacher's movie about a 13-year-old struggling to cope with the demands of growing up in Italy.
Now I know that all films should be judged on a level playing field but I do have to point out that this is not only Rohrwacher's debut feature but the same applies to her two stars, young Yle Vianello and housewife and mother-of-two Pasqualina Scuncia.
I write this because there is no way I would have known without just reading Artificial Eye's press download by Jake Garriock who kindly sent me the DVD screener.
Corpo Celeste actually feels like the work of a mature director such is the quiet but effective emotions she draws.
Rohrwacher also wrote the movie which shows how religion can smother the growing up process.
Indeed, much of Corpo Celeste surrounds the fact that Vianello's Martha, who is being schooled in preparation for her confirmation, dares to question some of the morality of the Catholic church.
Martha is something of an outsider, having arrived recently with her mother and 18-year-old sister from Switzerland.
Family and the church have taken them in but the cost is that they have to go along with established traditions, ranging from participating in a very strange festival procession to voting the way their priest tells them.
Martha, however, has thoughts of her own.
Meanwhile, Scuncia plays the confirmation group teacher who is devoted not just to the church but to her way of life.
Her desire for the status quo reminded me of the Catholic church's reaction to Galileo when he said the earth was round.
When I was a student I had an Italian Catholic girlfriend and I must admit I struggled to get my head around some of the guiding principles of the faith.
Suffice to say, I found it all rather inconsistent. Rohrwacher awoke the thoughts in me which had lain dormant for more than 25 years.
But to her great credit she doesn't smash home her argument with a sledgehammer and, thus, her film should spark debate rather than simply being condemned by those in and around the church.
Laughs: none
Jumps: none
Vomit: none
Nudity: none
Overall rating: 6.5/10