The well-known tale about Pinocchio has regained life in an extraordinary vision from the Italian director Matteo Garrone.
Only now Matteo took a slightly different path and created a gloomy parable for adults, spreading subtexts and hints everywhere, pushing the viewer to certain thoughts.
The first thing that catches your eye is the great makeup and costumes. Carefully and scrupulously worked out the appearance of every animal that meets on the way of a wooden boy. What are black mortuary hares or a giant languid snotty snail! And with a bit of humor, sometimes very black, Pinocchio gets acquainted with the cruel world, stuffing himself with bumps over and over again, without drawing any conclusions at all.
A very curious line between the fantasy world and reality, which Pinocchio crosses after leaving his native village. Here are stuffy streets, dilapidated houses and people mired in their worries, and here is a magical world where animals are fighting the same struggle for survival, solving the same "human" problems.
Through the prism of the film, the viewer is imbued with the atmosphere of Italy, mixing the golden fields of Tuscan wheat with endless olive groves, authentic settlements and stately mills. From such colorful views, hands themselves reach for a bottle of white dry.
The history, proven over the years, the tale of a living log is relevant to this day, with such a simple and important moral - the value of self-sacrifice for the sake of those we love. I would not recommend watching this tape to children, and I will drag out the story a bit for two whole hours of timing. Nevertheless, the picture will definitely appeal to those who love unusual interpretations and creative approach to business.
Moral: once again walking through the forest and kicking fallen trees, remember that at the moment you can beat the unborn child Gepetto.
As a result, an interesting and colorful look at an old fairy tale, in places gloomy, and in places touching.