La vita segreta dei giocattoli

A master of the art of toymaking, Roberto Papetti travels across Italy from north to south, connecting with children to pass on his knowledge. Through a playful pedagogical approach, he crafts original toys and addresses urgent themes such as peace and environmental respect. The film introduces us to one of the last great master toymakers, a custodian of a vast legacy balanced between innovation and tradition. From his solitary studio work to the curation of a retrospective, and his reflections on the precariousness of the Ravenna area—where he still lives—marked by the memory of the floods: his is a craft capable of conveying the wonder of shaping dreams with one’s own hands.