Scherzetto
director:
Mario Martone
playwright:
Mario Martone
/
Ippolita Di Majo
actor:
Toni Servillo
/
Lorenzo Perrotta
/
Serena Rossi
/
Leonardo Lidi
/
Gianluca Di Gennaro
…
genre:
Drama
region:
Italy
language:
Italian
length: 1h 56m
release date: 2026-09-10
IMDb: tt35326815
Scherzetto
Overview
Successful illustrator Daniele Mallarico travels to Naples to look after his four-year-old grand-son while his daughter is away for a few days. What begins as a simple babysitting job turns into a subtle psychological duel, as the child’s boundless imagination slowly unsettles him. Trapped together in the apartment, Daniele is forced to confront something far more disturbing than a mischievous child: the fear of aging and the loss of creativity. Through this strange encounter, he may rediscover the power of imagination he thought he had lost.