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Tear Along the Dotted Line (2021)

Series · Rated TV-MA · In Italian

Animation, Comedy, Drama, Foreign (non-English)

A Roman cartoonist and his armadillo conscience reflect on life and love during a melancholic road trip.

Melancholy and intimate, with dry wit. A late-night trip at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.

Streaming on Netflix.

Tear Along the Dotted Line parents guide

No surprises for a TV-MA: some innuendo or implied sex and no real violence.

Scare
Not scary
Jump scares
None noted
Gore
No gore
Violence
No real violence
Sex and nudity
Mild
Mild means innuendo, or sex implied off screen, with no nudity.
Language
Strong
Frequent strong profanity or slurs.

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What is Tear Along the Dotted Line about?

A cartoonist in Rome with his armadillo-for-a-conscience reflects on his path in life and a would-be love as he and his friends travel outside the city.

Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)

It leaves the ending open to interpretation.

Cast and crew

Created byZerocalcare
StarringZerocalcare, Valerio Mastandrea

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