La Linea (1978)

Specials

Features a man known as "Mr. Linea" drawn as a single outline of an infinite line, which encounters various obstacles during his walking, and often turns to the cartoonist, represented as a live-action hand holding a pencil, to draw him a solution. All episodes are short subjects, ranging from 2:30 to 6:40 in runtime.

Released Feb. 28, 1978 Episode 3 min None+

Genres: Animation, Comedy, Short

Keywords: tmdb.hand, tmdb.line-drawing, tmdb.two-dimensional-space, tmdb.hand-drawn, tmdb.short-film, imdb.cult-tv, imdb.fun + 8 more, tmdb.line, imdb.minimalism, imdb.surrealism, imdb.joy, imdb.anger, imdb.italian, imdb.surprise-ending, imdb.italian-animation

Network: Rai 1

Country: Italy
Languages: Italian

IMDb

8.1

/3400/

Trakt

/46/

TMDb

/34/

Osvaldo Cavandoli
Director

Carlo Bonomi

Osvaldo Cavandoli
The Cartoonist

S0E1 - La Linea 1

The cartoon features a man drawn as a single outline around his silhouette, walking on an infinite line of which he is a part. The character encounters obstacles and often turns to the cartoonist to draw him a solution, with various degrees of success. One recurring obstacle was an abrupt end of line. The character would often almost fall off the edge into oblivion and get angry with the cartoonist and complain about it.

Jan. 1, 1971, midnight