Three people and a puppet – Pulcinella – with a black face, white hat, and beige clothing outdoors in Naples at dusk.

Anime di Legno | Wooden Souls

People gathered outdoors at night, watching a large black and white movie projected onto the side of a building.

Italian Art Film Culture

Two actors presenting to be marionettes: one is a young man, Othello, in colorful clothing and the other is an older man, Jago, a performer costume with a painted green face, top hat, and dark outfit.

Italian Puppet Theater

A wooden arch covered with antlers frames a small wooden house in a desert landscape with distant rocky cliffs and clear blue sky.

Poetic Thresholds

Narrow alleyway between old stone buildings with green shutters and a streetlamp, with trees visible at the end.

Cultural Encounters

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