Chaval
Animated Shorts (collection) • 15m
Directed by Mario Ruspoli • Documentary • 1971 • 16 minutes
A tribute to Ruspoli’s longtime friend, the humorist and cartoonist Chaval, made after his suicide in 1968.
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