The Spaghetti Family | |
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Genre | Animation, Family |
Created by | Bruno Bozzetto |
Written by | Bruno Bozzetto |
Country of origin | Italy |
Original language | Italian |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 52 |
Production | |
Running time | 11 minutes |
Production companies | The Animation Band SEK Studio Mondo TV Rai Fiction |
Original release | |
Network | Rai 3 Rai Gulp |
Release | December 21, 2003 |
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The show was conceived in 1996 by Bozzetto, who was inspired by his family, and a pilot was shown at the first Cartoons on the Bay festival that year. [2] The show won the Pulcinella d’Oro award at the 2003 Cartoons on the Bay. [3]
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