Tales of the Bad Night
04/03/2026
2604035161033

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Genre: Fiction

Alternative title: I Racconti della Cattiva Notte

Year: 2026

Duration: 1h 12m 5s

Director: Tommaso Papetti

Cast: Massimiliano Semenzato, Penelope Zaccarini, Elena Borgna, Dario Barbaro, Niccolò Cappello, Emanuele Ferrero, Marco Gajon, Marco Silvestro, Giulia Di Gianni, Silvio Mia

Country: Italy

Producers: Martina Mia, Tommaso Papetti

Composers: Giorgio Papetti, Alberto Ghezzi

Screenwriters: Tommaso Papetti, Martina Mia

Editor: Tommaso Papetti

Designers: Martina Mia, Tommaso Papetti

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Tales of the Bad Night is an anthology film; A collection of folkloristic and unconventional fairy tales which uses different illustrative and narrative styles with a mixed technique that blends animation, illustration and live action actors.
The framework consists of a collection of short stories (the title of the work) which contains seven stories.
1) The Handbook of the Great Knight - A great knight tells us, in the form of an interview, how to become famous champions.
2) The Legend of the Krampus - A B&W story with a "made of ink" visual style, a silent visual narrative that traces the origins of the folk legend of the Krampus.
3) The Ballad of Slumber - A story told in the style of a music video (original song) about a Queen searching for a book to bring her son back to life.
4) Of Sand and Promises - The story of Morgana, a young girl in search of adventure who ends up imprisoned in an evil count’s sandcastle.
5) Rat's Town - The origins of *The Pied Piper* told in the German Expressionist style. A young piper is bullied by everyone, but his fate changes when he comes into possession of a flute capable of controlling rats.
6) No Man's Land - Two friends are fighting over two plots of the same land, sparking a never-ending cycle of “neighbourly disputes”.
7) Shadow & Sorrow - A queen, obsessed with a prophecy, has one of her two sons killed and locks the other away in a tower. But everything changes when, years later, the surviving twin reappears, seeking revenge.

Color: Yes

Sound: Yes

Feature Film
mixed-technique
film
anthology-film
fantasy
fables

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Title Tales of the Bad Night
Genre: Fiction
Alternative title: I Racconti della Cattiva Notte
Year: 2026
Duration: 1h 12m 5s
Director: Tommaso Papetti
Cast: Massimiliano Semenzato, Penelope Zaccarini, Elena Borgna, Dario Barbaro, Niccolò Cappello, Emanuele Ferrero, Marco Gajon, Marco Silvestro, Giulia Di Gianni, Silvio Mia
Country: Italia
Producers: Martina Mia, Tommaso Papetti
Composers: Giorgio Papetti, Alberto Ghezzi
Screenwriters: Tommaso Papetti, Martina Mia
Editor: Tommaso Papetti
Designers: Martina Mia, Tommaso Papetti
Synopsis: Tales of the Bad Night is an anthology film; A collection of folkloristic and unconventional fairy tales which uses different illustrative and narrative styles with a mixed technique that blends animation, illustration and live action actors.
The framework consists of a collection of short stories (the title of the work) which contains seven stories.
1) The Handbook of the Great Knight - A great knight tells us, in the form of an interview, how to become famous champions.
2) The Legend of the Krampus - A B&W story with a "made of ink" visual style, a silent visual narrative that traces the origins of the folk legend of the Krampus.
3) The Ballad of Slumber - A story told in the style of a music video (original song) about a Queen searching for a book to bring her son back to life.
4) Of Sand and Promises - The story of Morgana, a young girl in search of adventure who ends up imprisoned in an evil count’s sandcastle.
5) Rat's Town - The origins of *The Pied Piper* told in the German Expressionist style. A young piper is bullied by everyone, but his fate changes when he comes into possession of a flute capable of controlling rats.
6) No Man's Land - Two friends are fighting over two plots of the same land, sparking a never-ending cycle of “neighbourly disputes”.
7) Shadow & Sorrow - A queen, obsessed with a prophecy, has one of her two sons killed and locks the other away in a tower. But everything changes when, years later, the surviving twin reappears, seeking revenge.
Color: Yes
Sound: Yes
Work type Feature Film
Tags mixed-technique, film, anthology-film, fantasy, fables

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Entry date Apr 3, 2026, 8:49 PM UTC
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Author. Holder Tommaso Papetti. Date Apr 3, 2026.
Author. Holder Martina Mia. Date Apr 3, 2026.


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