Bozzetto non troppo (Bozzetto non troppo)

Showings

Vogue Theatre Sat, Nov 11, 2017 2:00 PM
Film Info
Category:Competition
Country:Italy
Year:2016
Running Time:75 min.
Language:Italian
Credits
Director:Marco Bonfanti
Producer:Zagora Film
Istituto Luce Cinecittà
in collaboraion with Sky Arte HD
Screenwriter:Marco Bonfanti
Cinematographer:Marco Ferri
Editor:Angelo Musciagna
Music:Danilo Caposeno

Description

Be prepared to fall in love with the spry and humble Bruno Bozzetto, one of Italy’s most popular and influential animators. In Marco Bonfanti’s warm-hearted, intimate documentary BOZZETTO NON TROPPO, the engaging Bozzetto—best-known for the 1976 FANTASIA-inspired ALLEGRO NON TROPPO—unfurls a welcome mat that invites us to observe every facet of his life. And what an engaging and vibrant world we enter; from hanging out with him at his kooky rural family home that is enlivened by a menagerie of animals Dr. Dolittle would covet to accompanying him as he visits his hip urban Milan studio and his team of dedicated animators. We also journey with Bozzetto to Pixar in Emeryville, and to San Francisco’s Walt Disney Family Museum as he tours an exhibit dedicated to his work. But what makes this upbeat documentary so special—in addition to the presence of Bozzetto himself—is the effortless way director Bonfanti illustrates how events and observances from a creative filmmaker’s life shape and influence what later appears on screen. –Randy Myers

Co-presented by Walt Disney Family Museum.

Additional Information

After receiving his degree in art history from the University of Milan, Marco Bonfanti made his directing debut with the 2008 short film "Le parole di Stockhausen," followed by "Ordeal (inside me)" in 2009. In 2011, while filming his feature debut, the documentary-drama hybrid THE LAST SHEPHERD, Bonfanti made international news headlines when his titular protagonist herded a flock of over 700 sheep into the heart of Milan. The director contributed the “Tubiolo e la Luna” segment to the World War II documentary 9X10 NOVANTA (2014) before embarking on his latest feature BOZZETTO NON TROPPO (2016).