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The film tackles the life journey of Toni Ligabue, visionary naïf painter who used to draw tigers, lions and jaguars while living among the poplar trees of the boundless Po valley. A harsh life that is a fairy tale too, as a lonely and marginalized kid finds redemption in his art, and a way to express himself and be admired by the world.
Keywords
painter
poverty
art
mental illness
outsider art
Casts

Elio Germano
Antonio Ligabue

Oliver Ewy
Antonio Ligabue Jr.
Leonardo Carrozzo
Ligabue da bambino

Pietro Traldi
Renato Marino Mazzacurati

Orietta Notari
Mazzacurati’s Mother
Fabrizio Careddu
Ivo

Andrea Gherpelli
Andrea Mozzali

Denis Campitelli
Nerone
Filippo Marchi
Vandino
Maurizio Pagliari
Sassi
Francesca Manfredini
Cesarina
Daniela Rossi
madre di Cesarina
Mario Perrotta
Raffaele Andreassi
Paolo Dallasta:
Erminio Canova

Gianni Fantoni
Antonini

Paola Lavini
Pina
Simone Allai
Il Bel Omin

Paolo Rossi

Giancarlo Ratti
Gabriele Majo
Padrone del Castello di Padernello
Duilio Pizzocchi

Orfeo Orlando
Dagny Gioulami
Elise

Peter Hottinger
Direttore Scuola Elementare

Maurizio Cardillo
Crews

Giorgio Diritti
Director

Giorgio Diritti
Writer
Tania Pedroni
Writer
Fredo Valla
Writer
Carlo Degli Esposti
Producer
Max Gusberti
Producer
Nicola Serra
Producer

Matteo Cocco
Director of Photography
Paolo Cottignola
Editor

Giorgio Diritti
Editor
Marco Biscarini
Original Music Composer
Daniele Furlati
Original Music Composer
Luca Leprotti
Sound Designer
Marco Biscarini
Sound Designer
Carlo Missidenti
Sound
Ludovica Ferrario
Production Design
Alessandra Mura
Production Design
Ursula Patzak
Costume Designer
Lorenzo Tamburini
Makeup Artist
Giuseppe Desiato
Makeup Artist
Barbara Daniele
Casting
Barbara Daniele
Assistant Director
Francesco Beltrame
Executive Producer
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