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Original title: Scherzetto

2026 · 1 h 56 · Italy · Italian

  • Drama

Successful illustrator Daniele Mallarico travels to Naples to look after his four-year-old grand-son while his daughter is away for a few days. What begins as a simple babysitting job turns into a subtle psychological duel, as the child’s boundless imagination slowly unsettles him. Trapped together in the apartment, Daniele is forced to confront something far more disturbing than a mischievous child: the fear of aging and the loss of creativity. Through this strange encounter, he may rediscover the power of imagination he thought he had lost.

Directed by
Mario Martone
Written by
Mario Martone, Ippolita Di Majo
Based on
Domenico Starnone

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