PINOCCHIO
Italy, Luxembourg, France, Belgium
2012, DPC, color, 84’
TRIBUTE
Enzo d'Alò
Direction: Enzo d'Alò
Screenplay: Enzo d'Alò, Umberto Marino, loosely based on the novel byCarlo Collodi
Character design: Lorenzo Mattotti
Editing: Gianluca Cristofari
Set design: Lorenzo Mattotti
Music: Lucio Dalla
Voice cast: Gabriele Caprio (Pinocchio), Mino Caprio (Geppetto), Rocco Papaleo ( Fire-Eater), Maurizio Micheli (the Cat), Maricla Affatato (the Fox), Paolo Ruffini (Wickley), Carlo Valli (Talking Cricket), Lucrezia Marricchi ( The Fairy with Turquoise Hair), PinoQuartullo (policeman #1), Riccardo Rossi (policeman #2), Andy Luotto (innkeeper), Lucio Dalla (green fisherman)
Producers: Eric Goossens, Nicolas Steil
Production: Cometa Film, Iris Productions, Walking the Dog, 2D-3D Animation, Rai Fiction, Rai Cinema
An elderly carpenter named Geppetto finds a talking piece of wood from which he creates Pinocchio, a puppet he decides to raise as his son. Lively and full of energy, Pinocchio, however, has no desire to go to school and is easily distracted, embarking on various adventures with Fire-Eater’s puppets, two con artists, the Fox and the Cat, the Fairy with Turquoise Hair, and the mischievous Wickley who leads him to the Land of Toys. Along the way, he also clashes with authority figures, such as the school headmaster, the judge of the Land of Fools who has him imprisoned, and the Policemen, who are constantly on his trail. But in the end, after being reunited with Geppetto, Pinocchio succeeds in becoming a real boy.
“A production that successfully combines the potential of digital technology with an expressive style reminiscent of the pages of a beautifully illustrated book. The vivid, vibrant colors of Lorenzo Mattotti’s drawings, Rossini’s music, and Lucio Dalla’s playful and lighthearted score make D’Alò’s film visually polished, spirited, and engaging. (...) Some of its innovative elements stem, as the director himself explains, from his personal reinterpretation of the novel as an adult, but with the spirit of someone searching his memories to rediscover how he approached the text as a child.”
(Patrizia Canova, Il Ragazzo Selvaggio 95/96, September–December 2012)
2012 Gijón International Film Festival - Young Audience Award
2013 Silver Ribbons - a Special Award for Best Song to Marco Alemanno e andLucio Dalla