Documentary on Bruno Bozzetto by Marco Bonfanti

Marco Bonfanti's documentary "Bozzetto non troppo" (2016) offers an intimate portrait of Bruno Bozzetto, the legendary Italian animator. The film follows Bozzetto in his daily life—playing cards, picking up grandchildren, walking by the lake—revealing the ordinary routines of an extraordinary artist. Bozzetto, nearing 80, has had a career spanning over 50 years, winning a Golden Bear at Berlinale for "Mister Tao" and an Oscar nomination for "Le cavallette." He created iconic characters like Mr. Rossi and Vip, and pioneered the spaghetti western genre with "West and Soda" (1965), shortly after Sergio Leone's "A Fistful of Dollars." His "Allegro non troppo" (1976) is a direct response to Disney's "Fantasia." Today, he works with a team of young animators, including his children, at Studio Bozzetto & Co. The documentary, however, stays on the surface, avoiding deeper exploration of the man behind the myth, unlike Mami Sunada's "The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness" about Studio Ghibli. Still, it is a valuable opportunity to rediscover one of the world's greatest animation geniuses.