Manlio Castagna

Pupil Remembers

Christmas

What if we forgot about Christmas?

In an unspecified time, in a town on the edge of the woods – Oblate – two children, Manuel and Alante, find a mysterious object covered by the snow. No one in the community knows what it is. Only Pupil, the old blind woman who lives in the forest, seems to possess the key to open the doors of the past from which that object comes.

Beautiful illustrations, like works of art.
An original and melancholic Christmas tale.
An atmosphere that brings to mind the films of Burton and Miyazaki.

Publisher: Rizzoli

Target: 8-10

Year: 2023

Author

Manlio Castagna

A screenwriter, director, writer and film critic, Manlio Castagna has also been involved in the artistic direction of the Giffoni Film Festival for more than 20 years. He made his debut in children’s fiction in 2018 with the bestselling Petrademone trilogy (Mondadori), which has been translated into several languages. Since then, he has explored many different genres: from historical fantasy with La notte delle malombre (The Night of the Malombre) and Draconis Chronicon, to horror with Goodwill and Le Belve (The Beasts), passing through the “story” of cinema with the manual 116 film da vedere prima dei 16 anni (116 Films To See Before You’re 16) and the novel Dedalo & Dharma, up to social noir with Barriera (all for the Mondadori group). La reincarnazione delle sorelle Klun (The Reincarnation of the Klun Sisters) and Prova a non dormire (Try Not to Sleep) are his adult fiction books. In 2022, he made his film debut as a director and screenwriter with “Il viaggio degli eroi”, produced by Rai Cinema and rewarded with record audience numbers on Rai1.

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