Pinocchio

Pinocchio (2019)

Timing: 2:4 (124 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2019-12-19

Country

Belgium, France, Italy, United Kingdom

Production

Canal+, Eurimages, Ciné+, HanWay Films, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, CNC, RAI Cinema, Recorded Picture Company, Archimede, Le Pacte, Leone Film Group

Genre

Drama, Family, Fantasy

Budget

$11 000 000

Revenue

$23 841 090

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Director

Matteo Garrone

Actors

Federico Ielapi, Roberto Benigni, Marine Vacth, Gigi Proietti, Massimo Ceccherini, Rocco Papaleo, Alessio Di Domenicantonio, Marcello Fonte, Davide Marotta, Paolo Graziosi
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Scenario

Producer

Jeremy Thomas, Jean Labadie, Matteo Garrone, Paolo Del Brocco, Anne-Laure Labadie, Peter Watson, Alessio Lazzareschi, Marie-Gabrielle Stewart

Operator

Nicolai Brüel

Composer

Dario Marianelli

Artist

Audition

Francesco Vedovati

Editing

Marco Spoletini
All team (28)

• After several adaptations of the story about the wooden boy aimed at family viewing, director Matteo Garrone decided to revive the dark atmosphere and satirical tone of Carlo Collodi's (1826-1890) original novel, "The Adventures of Pinocchio: The Story of a Puppet" (1881), along with its scenes of cruelty and extreme poverty. According to Garrone, the film's content was criticized during previews, mainly by adults, while children generally accepted the on-screen violence and depictions of poverty as a matter of course.
• According to Matteo Garrone, the most difficult scenes to shoot were those in Toyland. Dozens of children were released onto the set, and instead of playing with each other, they started fighting over the toys. As Garrone later recounted, it looked more like a battlefield than a playground.
• Applying Federico Ielapi's makeup, who played Pinocchio, took 3 hours.
• Director Matteo Garrone paid 113,000 euros out of his own pocket for the English dub of the film.