The story of the puppet who yearns to become a real boy has tickled the fancy of many directors, sometimes with unexpected results
The Italian director Matteo Garrone, holding the Pinocchio storyboard he drew when he was a child, in Rome, Dec. 21, 2020. The director hopes to surprise audiences this Christmas with a very literal retelling of the children’s classic. (Gianni Cipriano/The New York Times)
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