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    Guillermo del Toro and the 'joyous melancholy' of the 'Pinocchio' song 'Ciao Papa'

    by Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times Jan 09, 2023 3 minutes
    Director Guillermo del Toro poses on the red carpet at the world premiere of“ Guillermo del Toro’ s Pinocchio” during the 2022 BFI London Film Festival in London on Oct. 15, 2022.

    In the animated "Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio," the titular wooden boy decides he must leave home — and his beloved father, Geppetto — with a ragged traveling circus in the hopes of earning needed funds for the family. He's shown onstage (voiced and sung by young Gregory Mann) performing a delicate, lovely song dedicated to his father: "Ciao Papa." It's pure and almost angelic. It enumerates the things from home the brave boy will hold to his heart for comfort. And visually, Del

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