A zebu disappears while children are drawing it. They find it again in the woods. The notes of a harp accompany their multi-coloured joy. This short was made with children from a nursery school in Mantua. Playing with colours, the children seem to conquer the world.
Cinematography
Hand-painted frames that breathe with childlike freedom.
Score
Harp notes that float like dandelion seeds.
Production
Real nursery kids, zero artifice, all heart.
Director
Franco Piavoli
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Piavoli brothers spent months embedded in this Mantua nursery, letting children lead every creative decision rather than imposing narrative structure.
Part of Italy's rare 'cinema di poesia' tradition—films that resist plot in favor of sensory experience, almost never exported.
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