What to expect from ‘Pinocchio’, by Guillermo del Toro, which premieres this Friday on Netflix

After several years of waiting, the director’s version of Pinocchio Guillermo del Toro this is released worldwide Friday, December 9, on Netflix.

For this production, the Oscar winner for the shape of water (2017) bets on a story built from the hands of its creative team and artists adhering to the technique of stop motion and moving away from the cartoons with which Disney popularized Carlo Collodi’s original 1940 tale. version,” he said.

Here are some facts you should know before seeing it:

How long is ‘Pinocchio’?

Del Toro’s film will run for 116 minutes.

What actors lend their voices?

In the stellar cast of actors are:

Ewan McGregor (The Talking Cricket), David Bradley (Gepetto), Gregory Mann (Pinocchio), Christoph Waltz (the villain Count Volpe), Cate Blanchett (Spazaturra) and Finn Wolfhard (Candlewick). Also participating are John Turturro, Ron Perlman, Tim Blake Nelson and Tilda Swinton.

Is the same story told?

Although the protagonists remain the same, Guillermo del Toro has taken some licenses. For example, the plot is not located in an imaginary setting, but is set in Italy, between the First and Second World Wars.

Who is the villain of ‘Pinocchio’?

Unlike the original story, where various villains appear, Netflix script focuses on Waltz’s character, the puppeteer Count Volpe whose hair is reminiscent of the ears of the classic fox in the tale and who is an aristocrat who has fallen into misery. “This is a puppeteer who was in the courts of Europe, and now he travels in a dirty little carnival. And in Pinocchio he finds the hope of becoming king again, to recreate his great golden years.”, commented its director.

What other fantastic beings appear?

The screenwriter decided to make the tree that Geppetto plants at the foot of his son’s grave come alive in the voice of actress Tilda Swinton.

Do you have a moral?

According to del Toro, Pinocchio’s disobedience turns out to be, in this story, his greatest virtue.. Something that contrasts with previous adaptations: “Many times that fable has seemed to me, in favor of obedience and the taming of the soul,” said the director for Vanity Fair. “Blind obedience is not a virtue. At a time when everyone else is behaving like puppets, he is not. Those are the interesting things, to me. I don’t want to tell the same story again. I want to tell it my way and the way I understand the world.”

Why be interested in this character?

Guillermo del Toro He announced his intention to tackle this story in 2008, but it was not until 2018, when it was acquired by Netflix, that he was able to continue his production.. “This movie is about finding yourself and finding your way in the world; not just obey the commandments you are given, but find out when they are right or wrong.”