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Rosa Forlano, a 90 year old Nonna, falls in love with a robot while teaching it how to make spaghetti. Unfortunately, her family recipe is erased by a software update.
"TOTO" by Marco Baldonado
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"TOTO" Credits:
Rosa Forlano - Rosa
Simon Dragland - Delivery Guy
Walter Woodman - TOTO
Marco Baldonado - Voice of TOTO
Justin Macri - Voice of TOTO
Gabriela Francis - Santina
Mary Rose Sciarrillo - Mom
Casting Provided by Jigsaw Casting
Casting by: Shasta Lutz, CDC / Diana Ricci
Written & Directed by: Marco Baldonado
Co-written by: Walter Woodman
Produced by: Jeremiah Lapointe
Executive Producers: Mark Zibert / Simon Dragland / Rita Popielak
A Scouts Honour Production
Directory of Photography: Mark Zibert
Editor: Michelle Czukar
Production Designer: Jay Pooley
Robot Designer & Constructor: Ritta Koleva
Original Score & Sound Supervision: Mark Rajakovic
Visual Effects Supervisor: Sean Cochrane
Assistant Directors: Conor O’Brien / Jason Bourke
Art Director: Zak Noftall
Lead Set Dresser: Pete Downhaniuk
Wardrobe and Make-Up: Jynessa Marczuk / Dino Tinapay
B Camera: Jay Pooley
First Assistant A Camera: Conor Jarvie
First Assistant B Camera: Richard Gonzales
Second Assistant Camera: Thomas Lee
Movi Tech: Trevor Harris
DIT/VTR: Andrew Easson
DIT Assistant: Marvin Kwan
Production Sound Mixer and Boom Operator: David Dunlap
Gaffers: George Petras / Nathan Monk
Best Boy Grip: Will Houston
Production Coordinator and Continuity: Amy Prickett
Production Assistants: Tessla Stuckey / Kwaku Kufuor / Brady MacIsaac
Behind the Scenes Documentation: Janick Laurent
Catering by: Blazing Kitchen
Visual Effects and Color Grade provided by The Vanity
Visual Effects Producer: Kayla Baxter
Sr. VFX Artists: Michael Medeiros
VFX Artists: Noah Matikainen / Andrew Farlow / Adam Silcox-Vanwyk
Colourist: Andrew Exworth
Colourist Assistant: Brock Cruess
Picture Editorial Services provided by Rooster Post Production
Assistant Editor: Mikaela Bodin
Post-Production Intern: Lucas Bullard
Sound Editorial Services provided by Pirate Group Inc.
Audio Post Supervisor: Aaron Key
Sound Designers: Ian Boddy / Kyle Anderson
Re-Recording Mixer: Keith Ohman
Filmed on location in Toronto, Ontario
A very special thanks to Eduard Baldonado & Assunta Ferriera Baldonado
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The Vanity
Pirate Group Inc.
Jigsaw Casting
Mark Zibert
Simon Dragland
Rita Popielak
Jooli Kim
Lindsey Ribeiro
Melissa Kahn
Stephanie Pennington
Darlene Francis
Matt Bujok
Kate Day
Sandy Pereira
Walter Klassen
Yerik Davidian
William F. White Toronto
Dialogue Creative
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Berman Wardrobe
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@marcobaldonado7768 2 года назад

Hi this is Marco! I'm the director of Toto. If you have any questions about the creation of the film or its story, please feel free to ask below!

@motopanza 2 года назад

My grandmother would have said the young girl needed her bottom smacked

@anonimapandisti103 2 года назад

Gli spaghetti non li avete buttati, vero?

@bluegemphotos1614 2 года назад

Marco. Your film is absolutely lovely and heart warming. The comedy hits very well. Bravo!

@pyronman 2 года назад

Spettacolare!

@marcobaldonado7768 2 года назад

@@anonimapandisti103 We never waste food.

@Dakiraun 2 года назад

LOT of interesting stuff illustrated in this short film. Emotionally, it really shows the sad divide between generations, and those things that are important to us at different stages of our lives. Youth doesn't understand the work and passion that go into something like a completely home-made meal, and the youngest generations often _can't_ understand it because they've never done it, or maybe don't even get them with parents who are always too busy, like her mother appears to be. Certainly also shows the challenges of technology for non-technical people, and yet, also shows how people a little _too_ comfortable with technology can be almost dismissive of the risks. Heh, though on a sidenote, as a Network Administrator, I have to wonder what sort of crazy company builds something that has all memory and configuration wiped by a software update! Jeez, my job would be even more a nightmare if that were true of everything. Very great fun film, and really has some great life-lessons on a lot of fronts. Loved the way it was filmed and presented.

@LordGreavous 2 года назад

yes i can understand rosa's upset at toto being new again, my granny has trouble everytime she needs a new phone, its the same to us but not to her and its alot harder for them to relearn things. she would have to teach toto everything all over again and thats alot for an elderly person.

@Dakiraun 2 года назад

@@LordGreavous Yes - when she was still around, my grandmother didn't get a lot of technology and didn't have the patience for it. In Rosa's case, it's also extra negative in that she _did_ teach TOTO, but then all that effort was lost by a great grand-daughter that didn't even comprehend why her actions were hurtful. It makes TOTO an excellent metaphor for how technology and generational divides can create misunderstandings.

@SliceofLife7777 2 года назад

Of course a child hasn't yet truly appreciated alot of things. That's why they're children. I used to take my grandma's cooking for granted. If grandma is still around when she's older, she will finally understand. Dogbert once made an analogy that today's human brain is a teacup being filled with a fire-hose.

@stephenlittle7534 2 года назад

Look what Microsoft ate doing the their software . Useless. Forcing our info into the cloud (their computer really). Saving our key to our software and computer but not letting us have the key stored on our computer. So so wrong. And not safe from them.

@Dakiraun 2 года назад

@@stephenlittle7534 Haha - yep, and why I use Linux on my computers both work and home!

@hansstrudel9614 2 года назад

This is why I try and visit my grandparents as much as possible and I’m trying to learn how to cook from them too. It’s hard being an old person, especially when you’re alone and people rarely visit.

@sgt.bunbun1369 2 года назад

This is best expression of why not to mess with Grandma's stuff

@pyronman 2 года назад

I am italian and this was so emotional for me...miss my nonna

@JohnPaul-ii 2 года назад

Never confuse update with better. Thank you Nonna. ❤️

@ToyotaKTM 2 года назад

If Toto had Microsoft, Rosa would say "don't update" and Toto would say "updating now".

@westsidesmitty1 Год назад

Yep. Durn thing doesn't even ask. And it's all just junk they want to sell me.

@secretterces3793 2 года назад

Absolutely will NOT EVER get over “Bravo Toto!!” Like AW when will people tell ME bravo for learning to cook

@johannaschonberger6182 2 года назад

This made me sad and wish I has spent more time with my grandmother when she was alive

@robertheinkel6225 2 года назад

The family recipe is still in grandma’s memory, so it hasn’t been lost.

@confidently_me 2 года назад

I wish I had a Nonna Rosa 😢. What a heartbreak. Sometimes things don’t need to be updated, just appreciated how they are.

@stefanschleps8758 2 года назад

Your wisdom belies your years.

@TheJacklwilliams 2 года назад

Homeostasis is a lie. We must appreciate it, in the now as tomorrow it will not be. The cycle of death and birth is the strongest force in the universe. Even a grand state machine built by the most intelligent AI in the universe would not be capable of disrupting this thing. State can be achieved and held for only short moments. And agreed, everyone should have the pleasure of a Nonna Rosa :-)

@thebigdawgj 2 года назад

To be fair, she should have updated right away. You ALWAYS get the updates when you get a new device.

@TheJacklwilliams 2 года назад

@@thebigdawgj LOL, dying laughing. To be fairer, by then? The thing should update itself while in real time, regularly, and there shouldn’t be an update wiping out all current functionality…. Of course, if Microsoft is behind it, well, all bets are off… 😂

@thebigdawgj 2 года назад

@@TheJacklwilliams Yes, but you still need user permission to update automatically first. Sometimes, updates do wipe saves.

@duncanbrady4053 2 года назад

Just a lovely short film, a bit happy a bit sad, perfectly dosed, Rosa was perfect (I felt like I was with a real person, not an actress). Great way to spend ten minutes, left me with a small smile after a perfectly executed small piece of art, thank you!

@RoySATX 2 года назад

I wouldn't have understood this a few years back, but now that I'm approaching sixty I can feel it in my bones. The younger generations can't understand, they haven't yet experienced enough, but there comes a time when you realize the best things in life are found closer to home.

@faithcastillo9597 2 года назад

I'd have been given the choice of eating what was prepared and placed before me, or going hungry. Dad told us all, "We're not running a diner here."

@thephoenix2176 2 года назад

Our moms gave and our dads delivered the realness lol. . .

@watching95 2 года назад

I was given the choice of eating what was put before me or eating it for breakfast.

@biguprochester 2 года назад

If I had have?

@jamesjustus6568 2 года назад

Pretty sure your Dad and mine were cut from the same cloth. “Wait until your father comes home” and “If I have to pull this car over…” weren’t idle threats, either. LOL

@burtan2000 2 года назад

Learning it then is better than being spoiled and given what you want. My parents - exhausted with work, severe medical conditions, my older siblings, and having kids late, found it easier to let me eat whatever. To let me get away with whatever. I lacked discipline. As a result, I lack discipline and willpower now. I could wear them down and get away with things. I was a good student and likable, so the trend continued. I had a rough homelife so the teachers wanted me to succeed. And I was smart so i did. But you can't tire out your boss and get away with stuff. Eating crap now means I'm chubby. Don't get me wrong there's no one to blame but myself. I started working at 12 so that's served me well. I moved out at 16 so I am capable of self-sufficiency. But lasting success has eluded me, where a more disciplined person - even far less intelligent - would've found great success.

@fjdarling 2 года назад

I remember a lady like this from 65 years in my past. When she brought out the Spaghetti she used to say mangia, mangia!! This was a very lovely short video. Thanks

@alanr8702 2 года назад

Eat, eat!!

@tats763 2 года назад

Well that was depressing. Very well done, but such a melancholy ending.

@bobd5119 2 года назад

Remain undepressed! Notice that it ends with the same dialog as at the start.

@WilliamStonerock 2 года назад

@@bobd5119 It ends with her ignoring it and the robot in the other room slowly running out of power. She never responded to its question and it seems she views it as a piece of useless tech now. That's a bit sad IMO.

@andrewparkin4036 2 года назад

A) I want a TOTO B) such a sad story but a good one.

@aghastlyghost 2 года назад

Even if it has to factory reset just to update software? Kind of a big design flaw there!

@F3Y3F3 2 года назад

That could've been my grandma, except mine came to the U.S. when she was young and spoke English very well. If I'd not eaten her pasta, the heartbroken look I would've gotten would force me to eat, even if I'd just come from dinner at my parent's house (that actually happened when I was home on leave) and I would just eat until I hurt.

@ccmarcum Год назад

I am a grandmother with only one grandchild. She has become like this girl--always looking at her phone, never has time to stay and watch a DVD, says I drive too slowly, gasps if I ask her to do something that saves me climbing stairs, is irritated if I miss a word as she speaks. I speak to her using three different languages so she will pick up simple phrases, teach her basic cooking, talk about her relatives of several generations back, show her how saying something or doing something kind for someone makes her feel happy, tell her to always do what she feels is right, even if it is against the law, and encourage her to travel and know the world, meeting people along the way. I never had a grandmother but wish I had.

@phild8095 2 года назад

Rosa, You are so brave to make this film. I miss my grandmother. She has been gone more than 30 years. But I see her in you. Thank you for bringing my grandmother back to me for a little while. It has been a blessing.

@TeddysTube 2 года назад

Excellent little movie! Very relatable about how good devices are getting ruined by infamous system updates, and the careless generation of consumers who just mindlessly say yes to whatever the industry is shoving down our throats. - In fact I'm surprized that the old lady was even given a choise of updating or not.. Here in the real world most of the operating systems manufacturers have long since abandoned the good principle of asking for the user's consent first.

@virt1one 2 года назад

a decent update should back up, do the update, then restore (import / translate if necessary) the backup so data isn't lost. I consider reckless or intentional data loss a failure of design.

@lostsoul2508 2 года назад

Anyone else getting Baymax vibes from Toto? Great source of inspiration and I do enjoy the idea that just because there is an update doesn't make it beneficial

@hyruleanraven81 2 года назад

We all need Rosa in our lives. Mother should focus on her child not to be so dismissive.

@InsolentVillager 2 года назад

My Nona was Italian also and had the same eyes as Rosa. Toward the end when you zoomed in on her sad eyes it instantly had me teary eyed! Bravo!

@thaska6106 2 года назад

Congratulations to Marco Baldonado and Rosa Forlano, her perfomance was incredibly good. Ambientation, script, roles, photography (that figure of Jesus Christ, where the size, the background and its milimetrical ubication, provide to the scene with an exceptional witness ), sci-fi with that C-9007 called "toto" and his umbilical charging cord was designed and developed with care. The unique contribution of the Italian language that always dress with musicality, humanity, personality and tenderness wherever it is pronnounced, was also a great sucess. That lady whose wrinkles on her face not only reflect the passage of life but knowledge and wisdom, does not need any robot to perform and give herself to others on a day-to-day basis, she would never have burned her pizza.

@t.me_s_petizioni_2220 2 года назад

I admire your admiration for a woman reduced to sofa, tv on useless fool betting programs, cooking poor nutritive gluten and starch white spaghetti, and protesting but not seriously reacting teaching again the few matters. ● I though the same about reset. But there there is a warning. Have you watched t IDIOCRACY? it is somehow a documentary Several matters are being developed worse and worse, from artisanship, to mechanical industry design and buildings, to software. More and more stupid stuff ("dancing", but very fondamental for humans like the actor inside the robot), even if without planned obsolescence.

@TheJacklwilliams 2 года назад

Damn straight skippy. Damn STRAIGHT. My Gran lived till 98 and she was spry her entire life. Bravo to your entire synopsis. like the film, spot on.

@thaska6106 2 года назад

@@TheJacklwilliams My Gran lived till 98 too, no joke. Thank you very much for your reading and answer Jack.

@TheJacklwilliams 2 года назад

@@thaska6106 At the end of a long week toiling away what could be finer than tilting a drink and giving props to our Grans. Thank you, very much and how crazy is that? The things they saw and experienced during their lifetimes!

@sailorstu Год назад

Wonderful short film, It brought tears to my eyes. It reminds me of a few years ago. My mom was having problems hearing her flip phone, with Bluetooth. I brought her to the cell phone store, so they could program it to work through her hearing aids. Rather than doing this one simple task they tried selling her a smart watch saying was what she needed. My mom was 80 at the time and barely knew how to turn on her computer. She had no need or desire to learn anything more. That's why she had a flip phone rather than a smartphone. Shortly before my mom passed I learned about a USA based cellphone manufacturering company who knows about this and designed their entire product line around seniors. Trying to make things easier for them with bigger buttons, louder volume and so on. However they weren't available in Canada at that time.

@rawknvegan1990 2 года назад

this made me think about getting older and i am glad i was around for my granny til 98 . thank you. now i shall stay even longer at the senior center i visit and call a lil longer

@moogmike1 2 года назад

This was a lovely film, wish it could have been longer.

@ogrebeast64 2 года назад

Definitely shows the lack of appreciation from the younger generation. A generation which grew up that takes everything for granted instead of appreciating what they actually have. Well done!

@foxyturbine7114 2 года назад

Mamma mia!! I wanted to cry at the end :( That was a great film, Marco. Very well done. Thank you.

@juljul123 2 года назад

So relatable!! That's why my parents hate to update their phones

@HunterMayer 2 года назад

That update was a gut punch in the feels. I was yelling at my screen "no no no!". It's a good story, heartwarming in reverse. I give it 5 out 5 chef kisses. 😚

@Spicymuffin 2 года назад

This is so relatable. So often i will ask elderly freinds or family why they never turn their phones on. Grumpy reply "Because no one ever calls me on it!"

@blackspaces8122 2 года назад

Thank you for this beautiful short film. It has a really poignant message about accepting the gifts of our elders exactly as they are. Don't try to "update" their gifts. The little girl was not being insenstive. She was just being a somewhat self-absorbed child. True for the mother. The grandmother accepted Toto just as he came in the package. And that's what we should do for the grandmothers in our lives.

@westsidesmitty1 Год назад

Beautifully said!

@williammitchell1804 Год назад

I can relate. I spent over 40 years working in IT. Never had a clean operating system update. Many updates from the vendor caused more problems than they solved. Or upgrades were not done properly. Lots of data was lost because backups were not taken on a regular basis. Rosa was wise. "NO UPDATES".

@lukapogo 2 года назад

I like this. Unlike a lot of other shorts, this ain't pretentious. Great work, marco and the team!

@dbaider9467 2 года назад

You knocked this one out of the park. Perfect casting and you can tell the music was a labour of love.

@kayskreed 2 года назад

As an adult child who learned to cook from watching and following the instructions of his mother, I now understand that the generational gap and appreciation for simple yet wholesome things like homecooked meals can be met through teaching and spending a lot of time with family. The source of the problem is this movie lies with the middle generation, i e adult daughter/granddaughter too "busy" to dedicate that time and views granny mainly as a babysitter. Children are naturally curious and helpful. If you teach them young enough and get them involved, be it in the kitchen for instance, some of that culty has a chance at passing on to the next generation. More importantly it will bring everyone closer together and make them understand and appreciate things that otherwise it would be impossible to know. The solution is for people to slow down and spend time with eachother rather than popping out kids and teaching them nothing. Realistically, both somewhat optimistically but sadly as well, robot companions becoming mainstream doesn't appear to be farfetched the further along we go. But I believe that the message here is that although potentially really useful in some situations like providing companionship for the elderly or disabled, they cannot replace the need for family and more importantly a close-knit family bond.

@malcolmkogut 2 года назад

Beautiful but sad that younger generations don't know the struggles of their elders nor do they want to. The only things new are what have been forgotten.

@lowercase21 2 года назад

So true.

@Pellkot 2 года назад

One of the best things i did was voluntering for a summer job at the nursery home. The stories and life advice you get are amazing. Would recommend anyone regardless to do that.

@birchwwolf 2 года назад

Likewise, the older generations generally don't want to hear the struggles of the newer generations, arguing that they know what's best because it worked for them. The conversation must go both ways, and often does when families remain closer and more open to listening.

@Morganational 2 года назад

I was going to say what Birchwood said. The elders don't take anything the newer generation does seriously. Unfortunately it's just the way it has always been.

@RodneyKimbangu 2 года назад

@@birchwwolf Say that when you reach your old days and cannot easily tolerate some things!

@BUDBLOOOD 2 года назад

Best short Sci Fi I’ve seen in Years. Congratulations and Thank You 🙏🏻

@CarlosMabalot 2 года назад

For those old enough to remember, the Toto battery indicator at the very end of the film becomes deeply symbolic.

@EPrimeify 2 года назад

I just showed my Nonna. She was like "That's-a me!" "That's Nonna!" and also she liked the music at the end.

@stefanschleps8758 2 года назад

Wonderful! Expertly written, and superbly directed. Acting by Rosa Forlano is a tour de force! The problems being analogue in a digital world. Sweet. Bravo!

@TheQuincyEdwards 2 года назад

This is perfect. I feel the same way about new tech as the old lady - one day I finally understand it, things become smooth, and then an update and I would rather not relearn it.

@robrod3097 2 года назад

Moraleja: Why fix it if it ain't broken... It takes one member in between, to break the tradition. In the second generation, all may be lost...

@paulmaggiar8274 2 года назад

A wonderful short story with heart. The human food and robot food take center stage in how I process this film.

@thomascollins4325 2 года назад

Great short film!!! It really portrayed well the way old people are basically ignored by younger people, even family. No one listened to her. Very well done!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@kittehgo 2 года назад

OMG I would have totally asked if I could have a few containers of pasta, even if I couldn't stay to eat. Real pasta made by an Italian grandmother must taste like heaven..🤗

@PelicanMafia 2 года назад

this was really well made, it really shows the separation of older generations to newer ones

@PrimitiveInTheExtreme 2 года назад

Oh che bello un cortometraggio in italiano! Troppo contento! Grande Marco, grande lavoro davvero! La storia di Toto e Rosa mi è piaciuta troppo! Spero che ci sia un seguito! Ciao 🍝

@bobd5119 2 года назад

Re: "Spero che ci sia un seguito!" Si si! Subito!

@PrimitiveInTheExtreme 2 года назад

@@bobd5119 🤞🤞

@TheGolfdaily 2 года назад

One of the BEST short film at DUST! Nice simple story, - Very Human!

@davidhernandezgiuliani9184 2 года назад

This should be a movie. Congrats to the director.

@jasonmagana6081 2 года назад

Hello my name is Jason, what a treat lol,many thanks to the team,I still have a short fused grandmother to this day. She acts the same in the kitchen when cooking tamales during fall into winter every time.👍👍👍

@cintamarie1934 2 года назад

I enjoyed her acting. Would love to see more of main actress Rosa

@CampbellCornLab Год назад

This is my most favorite Dust Sci Fi episode ever!! Bravo1

@dbrxsdgo 2 года назад

Awe... Another good story that was way too short. Loved this grandma!

@sneed472 2 года назад

actually quite endearing. don't know why everyone says it's depressing. I'm sure all it's trying to say is respect your elders, which I think most people do but children are often too naive to understand when they maybe aren't

@michaelwilson8461 2 года назад

Poor grandma, gained and lost a friend in a day. Makes you want to go hug your grandmother, just because.

@phil20_20 Год назад

Just like the VCR when the power goes out! Lol

@ShaeGuy Год назад

6:38 I just love the angry look he gave her. lol

@jm1551701 2 года назад

"This was such a great story, a little sad @ the end but very good, I love anything SCI-FI specially when there are robots in it, this was very well filmed , great acting and Direction, a fine job Marco,

@todddouglas296 2 года назад

Loved it! Made me miss my grandma.

@robertsontirado4478 2 года назад

Well made highly creative it takes a lot to make a film like this, congratulations. Molto bene.

@k.r.fonsecadasilva4860 Год назад

What a masterpiece!!! ...Made me sad, cause its actually the negligence that some people have to face in real life.

@linovishnudatt2992 2 года назад

Beautifull movie! Loved the performance of Nana. I guess she’ll learn Toto everything again after this day. I mean she did it before so why panic? Obviously she doesn’t… A bit stupid that the update required a memory erase. Must be an Apple product! 🤣

@jeffarmstrong1308 2 года назад

This great on so many levels. I'm not of Italian or Greek descent so I did not have a Nonna as such but I know the type of lady. Her heartbreak when the TOTO was updated and had its memory wiped in the process is beautifully portrayed by the writing and the the acting. Much as I love my modern technology I sometimes wish programmers would remember the principle of "if it ain't broke don't fix it" Too often the gains made by a software update are countered by the loss of a valued functionality.

@OldManPaxusYT Год назад

wow... a rare Dust short that's actually pretty good

@nigelprice4799 2 года назад

...very well done, message put across succinctly, nothing wasted.....what more could you want?

@l.b.4773 2 года назад

I really appreciate the story. I hate that Grams built rapport with the robot and the little girl updated the thing. I see a lot in the comments about the generation gap. The girl is a child. She hasn’t had enough life experience to be grateful for the pasta. At her age, I’d probably want pizza, too. A short story that introduced and maintained my empathy for the characters and left me wanting more, but at the same time, left me filling like I’ve enjoyed a full length film. Loved it.

@yup_pea 2 года назад

OMG! AWESOME video! But my grandmother would die if there was tomato sauce that came in a jar! Lol! She always said... tomato sauce comes from a vine NOT a jar! Love you grandma 😘😀

@mhughes1160 2 года назад

These kind of videos are great 👍 please make more.

@ssijon 2 года назад

Toto is like my phone when it updates!

@tinahochstetler2189 Год назад

Hey, that was for grandma! To make her day to day life a little easier and less lonely. And little granddaughter erased all of Grandma's work and happy memories with Toto. 😔 And the Mom, Rosa's daughter, saying she's going to help her with it, there's no way that will ever happen. Ten years later she'll still be talking about 'someday.' Someday never comes. Well, I guess Rosa will just have to take time to teach Toto and make friends with him all over again. Don't let kids or anybody play with him unattended any more.

@kjkjkj4763 2 года назад

Understanding of giving and receiving LOVE between generations and to respect each other’s and how much time we have for each other . I really enjoyed this . Sad but it shows the reality , everyone needs compassion in different ways

@aelthric 2 года назад

Ciao Marco, mia moglie era italiana, è morta nel 2020 e posso vedere nel comportamento di Rosa Forlano, la mia amata Bruna, sebbene Bruna era molto più giovane quando è morta. Grazie mille per avermi fatto la lacrima agli occhi mentre guardavo il tuo meraviglioso film ... Per favore perdona il mio povero italiano, Bruna ha sempre detto che ero troppo pigro per imparare a parlarlo bene ...

@pyronman 2 года назад

Your italian is perfetc, greatings from italy!

@rutheliz75 2 года назад

That pasta looked amazing . Avery good story line.

@Hafnhaf 2 года назад

this made me want to be Italian. much love to Nonna, Marco & the rest of the cast & crew for this incredible piece !

@SUPER_WOLFMOON 11 месяцев назад

I don't think I've ever, not been in the mood for pasta.

@CAMBY608 2 года назад

not gonna lie, that spaghetti looked good! :) - Great short, and great acting!

@AppNasty 2 года назад

My mom goes through this. Phone works as she wants and has gotten used to….until an update comes and changes things around a bit. Now she has to learn new things and doesn’t have the energy to. Awesome short.

@acmanuel21 2 года назад

Please love your parents/ grandparents every single day. Take time to bond, talk.

@Phrancis5 2 года назад

It's like that movie "Frank and the Robot". I'm now middle age, never had kids, but work in tech and have generally kept up with technology. I hope digital assistants like this will be common and affordable in my old age. Just like Japan's aging population, there are many Americans that never had kids. Weird that a new robot is kinda dingy looking - also, software updates shouldn't erase important memory...

@MentalStillness 2 года назад

Impressive film. I enjoyed the live action take on Baymax and Rosa's story dealing with her solitude and entitled granddaughter.

@applejack4225 2 года назад

I would have happily sat down and eaten fresh, home cooked pasta with Rosa. What a treat. The child was spoilt and ungrateful.

@jchyip 2 года назад

Seems like bad engineering that the update requires a factory reset. Also, trading fresh pasta for frozen pizza...

@joeled7660 2 года назад

That girl turned up her nose at a plate of pasta hand-made by an actual Italian grandmother. If she remembers it as an adult she will feel profound regret.

@MatthewHill 2 года назад

Wow that is a lot sadder than I was expecting. Definitely worth a watch though.

@echospaw899 2 года назад

Oh, this reminds me of my feisty, little Italian Grandma so much. Kids! Well, that's how they are, especially at that age. I wasn't as much of an angel as my G'ma thought I was, lol. But, I was there for her, and helped take care of her particularly in her golden years to the end. I do believe you would've heard her drop a few F-bombs, etc though, with things like the pizza(gate) and the girl damaging her new robot. 🤖

@toursouthwestpa1014 2 года назад

She didn’t even consider thinking about it before saying yes to update and erase memory. Not to mention it wasn’t her decision to make.

@DerSolinski 2 года назад

If you grandma makes food for you, you eat it. Someday you'll miss it.

@escgoogle3865 2 года назад

And then you bust out her cooking diaries and make it yourself. Without the shortening of course, stuff is nasty -).

@adamofblastworks1517 2 года назад

This looks like a sequel to the "no pwablem. No pwablem. No pwablem." robot short film.

@Blue_Azure101 2 года назад

The update should have preserved the memory

@otterpoet 2 года назад

Beautiful, yet sad film. Hit harder than I thought. Brilliantly done.

@rudevalve 2 года назад

Certified Gold!!!!!

@kennethkrabat 2 года назад

That was incredibly sad. And very well done, as story and performance. Now I even less want to become as old as her. Its already slipping at age 59

@twinstown01 2 года назад

I would give anything, anything to have one more spaghettis with my Grandma.

@SweetBabyJesusOnTheCross Год назад

Goddam that was some sad shit! I mean, I'm guessing that was a large part of what you were trying to convey, and man did Mrs. Forlano ever deliver for you, but...whew! Very well done. I was completely unsure as to where we being taken on this ride.

@Beading_Kate 2 года назад

It made me sad. There are a lot of reasons in this short to make me sad. Loosened family connections, isolation, loneliness, ungratefulness, aging… My grandmothers used to tell stories about their tough childhood, too. Stories about struggle and hunger and kindness. Later I learnt that they had never tell us the darkest things, such as deaths of their mothers and siblings and other hurtful events. Home-cooked food is the best! I would be happy to have any meal cooked by my grandmothers. Unfortunately, I can’t anymore. Be grateful for having your family around. I think that many of younger people do not appreciate home-cooked food because they don’t know how much it takes to cook anything. It happens to almost any activity. The girl was so ignorant to mess up with the device that was not her in the first place. She should have asked the owner - her grandma - if she could update the software and briefly explain all the pros and cons of it. And… what a weird software update that reset all settings and memory!

@WilliamStonerock 2 года назад

Agreed, but the girl swims in tech and for her the update was just background noise. She likely thought she was helping.

@Beading_Kate 2 года назад

@@WilliamStonerock you’re right, but… I still think that children should be taught the right way to interact with someone else’s belongings. There should be respect and attention. I bet the girl would be upset, too, if grandma did the same thing to her tablet or phone.