Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
During the rise of fascism in Mussolini's Italy, a wooden boy brought magically to life struggles to live up to his father's expectations.
Lia Must Not Die
Lia is that part of himself that Vincenzo, a stand up comedian, married and with a child, never wanted to accept. She was his 'imaginary friend', the one his father sent away on a train when he caught him touching himself on the photo of a schoolmate. Now that his daughter has discovered his secret, Vincenzo has only one way to free himself from himself. In his latest show, he makes an appointment with his audience on platform 3, to say goodbye one last time. Only one of them will show up: Angela, who will find Vincenzo lying on the rails and will try to prevent him from making that extreme gesture. Because Lia exists. And it doesn't have to die.
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Lia is that part of himself that Vincenzo, a stand up comedian, married and with a child, never wanted to accept. She was his 'imaginary friend', the one his father sent away on a train when he caught him touching himself on the photo of a schoolmate. Now that his daughter has discovered his secret, Vincenzo has only one way to free himself from himself. In his latest show, he makes an appointment with his audience on platform 3, to say goodbye one last time. Only one of them will show up: Angela, who will find Vincenzo lying on the rails and will try to prevent him from making that extreme gesture. Because Lia exists. And it doesn't have to die.
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