At ‘Cartoons’ the trailer of ‘In the sea there are crocodiles’, the story of Enaiatollah Akbari

Made by Lacadarte, it will be broadcast on Rai Gulp in the autumn. The 28-minute film is based on the book of the same name by Fabio Geda and tells the story of the child who fled from Afghanistan who, after a long odyssey, arrived in Italy where he lives today “We were struck by the beauty of the writing of Fabio Geda’s book and we thought: ‘but why not make a cartoon of it?’ which is then the spring that always moves us. At that point we found the key to tell it because doing it as it is written in the book would have been didactic and too long “. Thus the director and writer Rosalba Vitellaro, with behind her successes such as ‘Giovanni and Paolo and the mystery of the puppets’ and ‘The star of Andra and Tati’, tells how the new cartoon ‘In the sea there are crocodiles’ was born, whose trailer was presented at ‘Cartoons on the Bay’, the international festival of animation and transmedia, promoted by Rai and organized by Rai Com in Pescara. The film, lasting about 28 minutes and made by Lacadarte which will be broadcast on Rai Gulp in autumn, is based on the book of the same name by Fabio Geda and tells the story of Enaiatollah Akbari, the child who fled from Afghanistan and, after a long odyssey, arrived in Italy where he lives today. “The key to making the cartoon – explains Vitellaro – was the transfiguration of what Enaiatollah sees, as he sees it: a foreign world that he does not recognize, as he does not recognize the language, but through kindness he is able to recognize the face of the people who talk to him. To do this we did a five-hour interview with Enaiatollah. The words of the voiceover are in fact his. Now he is thirty years old and a few days ago he had Italian citizenship “. The drawings are by Annalisa Corsi, the direction is by Vitellaro while Alessandra Viola wrote the screenplay and directs the production. It will be ready at the end of June with the music of Michele Amadori, the same author of Andra and Tati. “A strong story like that of Andra and Tati – adds Alessandra Viola – we have once again found a burning theme to tell, with a wonderful scenography”.