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Totò Sapore and the Magical Story of Pizza

Totò Sapore and the Magical Story of Pizza

2003 · 80 min · ★ 6.7 · Animation, Comedy, Family, Adventure, Music, Romance

Naples, 18th century. Salvatore "Totò" Sapore, an unemployed minstrel, always manages to cheer up the hungry with his songs about good food, always upsetting Vesuvia, a magma witch who lives inside the Vesuvius.

Directed by Maurizio Forestieri · Written by Paolo Cananzi

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