Guillermo del Torois showingPinocchioin a whole new light.
In a trailer released Wednesday,Ewan McGregorspeaks as Sebastian J. Cricket and introduces the iconic tale. “From my many wonderings on this Earth, I’d so much to say about imperfect fathers and imperfect sons … and about love and loss,” his character says, as Geppetto chops down a tree of create his son.
Cricket continues, “I’ve learned that there are old spirits who rarely involve themselves with the human world, but on occasion they do.”
“I want to tell you a story,” Cricket says. “It’s a story you may think you know, but you don’t. A story about a wooden boy.”
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Also in the trailer,Tilda Swintonvoices the character of the Fairy. “The wooden boy with the borrowed soul,” her character says. “Be his son, fill his days with light. We shall call you Pinocchio.”
Del Toro, 57, previously shared withThe Hollywood Reporterhis connection to the story: “No art form has influenced my life and my work more than animation, and no single character in history has had as deep of a personal connection to me as Pinocchio.”
“In our story, Pinocchio is an innocent soul with an uncaring father who gets lost in a world he cannot comprehend,” the director continued. “He embarks on an extraordinary journey that leaves him with a deep understanding of his father and the real world. I’ve wanted to make this movie for as long as I can remember.”
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Del Toro hopes this movie will bring about a sense of compassion. “These are times that demand from kids a complexity that is tremendous. Far more daunting, I think, than when I was a child. Kids need answers and reassurances.… For me, this is for both children and adults thattalkto each other. It tackles very deep ideas about what makes us human.”
Also in the interview with the outlet, the director explained why his Pinocchio does not urge to become “real” like its previous versions. “To me, it’s essential to counter the idea that you have to change into a flesh-and-blood child to be a real human,” del Toro said. “All you need to be human is to really behave like one, you know? I have never believed that transformation [should] be demanded to gain love.”
Del Toro’sPinocchiowill debut in select theaters in November and will begin streaming on Netflix in December.
source: people.com
