Wednesday, November 19, 2025

The Time It Takes by Francesca Comencini

A father and his daughter inhabit the worlds of childhood. He speaks to her with respect and seriousness, as if she were an adult, leading her into magical universes overflowing with life and humanity. He is the great filmmaker of childhood and is working on Pinocchio. One day, the little girl becomes a young woman, and the enchantment vanishes. She understands that the break with childhood is inevitable and feels that she will never measure up to her father again. So, she begins to lie to him and lets herself go, to the very edge of the abyss. The father will not pretend not to see. He will be there for her, for as long as he can.