Overview

• The film aired on June 12, 2025 at 21:00 on France 4, marking its first television broadcast.
• Production spanned nine years in Rennes with all marionettes, sets and costumes handcrafted by Vivement lundi ! and GEBEKA FILMS.
• The narrative follows Luigi and Cesira’s exile from a poverty-stricken Piedmont village through war and the Spanish flu to workers’ France.
• Released in cinemas in 2023, the stop-motion feature won the jury prize at the Annecy festival and achieved public success.
• Ughetto’s blend of intimate family history with broader Italian immigration context lends the film universal resonance and moments of humor.