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  • Rosa Forlano, a 90 year old Nonna, falls in love with a robot while teaching it how to make spaghetti. Unfortunately, her family recipe is erased by a software update.
    "TOTO" by Marco Baldonado
    Connect with the Filmmakers:
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    / totothemovie
    "TOTO" Credits:
    Rosa Forlano - Rosa
    Simon Dragland - Delivery Guy
    Walter Woodman - TOTO
    Marco Baldonado - Voice of TOTO
    Justin Macri - Voice of TOTO
    Gabriela Francis - Santina
    Mary Rose Sciarrillo - Mom
    Casting Provided by Jigsaw Casting
    Casting by: Shasta Lutz, CDC / Diana Ricci
    Written & Directed by: Marco Baldonado
    Co-written by: Walter Woodman
    Produced by: Jeremiah Lapointe
    Executive Producers: Mark Zibert / Simon Dragland / Rita Popielak
    A Scouts Honour Production
    Directory of Photography: Mark Zibert
    Editor: Michelle Czukar
    Production Designer: Jay Pooley
    Robot Designer & Constructor: Ritta Koleva
    Original Score & Sound Supervision: Mark Rajakovic
    Visual Effects Supervisor: Sean Cochrane
    Assistant Directors: Conor O’Brien / Jason Bourke
    Art Director: Zak Noftall
    Lead Set Dresser: Pete Downhaniuk
    Wardrobe and Make-Up: Jynessa Marczuk / Dino Tinapay
    B Camera: Jay Pooley
    First Assistant A Camera: Conor Jarvie
    First Assistant B Camera: Richard Gonzales
    Second Assistant Camera: Thomas Lee
    Movi Tech: Trevor Harris
    DIT/VTR: Andrew Easson
    DIT Assistant: Marvin Kwan
    Production Sound Mixer and Boom Operator: David Dunlap
    Gaffers: George Petras / Nathan Monk
    Best Boy Grip: Will Houston
    Production Coordinator and Continuity: Amy Prickett
    Production Assistants: Tessla Stuckey / Kwaku Kufuor / Brady MacIsaac
    Behind the Scenes Documentation: Janick Laurent
    Catering by: Blazing Kitchen
    Visual Effects and Color Grade provided by The Vanity
    Visual Effects Producer: Kayla Baxter
    Sr. VFX Artists: Michael Medeiros
    VFX Artists: Noah Matikainen / Andrew Farlow / Adam Silcox-Vanwyk
    Colourist: Andrew Exworth
    Colourist Assistant: Brock Cruess
    Picture Editorial Services provided by Rooster Post Production
    Assistant Editor: Mikaela Bodin
    Post-Production Intern: Lucas Bullard
    Sound Editorial Services provided by Pirate Group Inc.
    Audio Post Supervisor: Aaron Key
    Sound Designers: Ian Boddy / Kyle Anderson
    Re-Recording Mixer: Keith Ohman
    Filmed on location in Toronto, Ontario
    A very special thanks to Eduard Baldonado & Assunta Ferriera Baldonado
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    Simon Dragland
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    Lindsey Ribeiro
    Melissa Kahn
    Stephanie Pennington
    Darlene Francis
    Matt Bujok
    Kate Day
    Sandy Pereira
    Walter Klassen
    Yerik Davidian
    William F. White Toronto
    Dialogue Creative
    Film and Event Solutions
    Liberty Wardrobe
    Berman Wardrobe
    Backpack Kid
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Komentáře • 566

  • @marcobaldonado7768
    @marcobaldonado7768 Před 2 lety +390

    Hi this is Marco! I'm the director of Toto. If you have any questions about the creation of the film or its story, please feel free to ask below!

    • @motopanza
      @motopanza Před 2 lety

      My grandmother would have said the young girl needed her bottom smacked

    • @anonimapandisti103
      @anonimapandisti103 Před 2 lety +17

      Gli spaghetti non li avete buttati, vero?

    • @bluegemphotos1614
      @bluegemphotos1614 Před 2 lety +21

      Marco. Your film is absolutely lovely and heart warming. The comedy hits very well. Bravo!

    • @pyronman
      @pyronman Před 2 lety +7

      Spettacolare!

    • @justrelaxing1501
      @justrelaxing1501 Před 2 lety +8

      Nice video, warm and friendly, especially the relationship of Rosa and Toto at the beginning of the video. Thank you for sharing.

  • @Dakiraun
    @Dakiraun Před 2 lety +246

    LOT of interesting stuff illustrated in this short film. Emotionally, it really shows the sad divide between generations, and those things that are important to us at different stages of our lives. Youth doesn't understand the work and passion that go into something like a completely home-made meal, and the youngest generations often _can't_ understand it because they've never done it, or maybe don't even get them with parents who are always too busy, like her mother appears to be.
    Certainly also shows the challenges of technology for non-technical people, and yet, also shows how people a little _too_ comfortable with technology can be almost dismissive of the risks. Heh, though on a sidenote, as a Network Administrator, I have to wonder what sort of crazy company builds something that has all memory and configuration wiped by a software update! Jeez, my job would be even more a nightmare if that were true of everything.
    Very great fun film, and really has some great life-lessons on a lot of fronts. Loved the way it was filmed and presented.

    • @LordGreavous
      @LordGreavous Před 2 lety +9

      yes i can understand rosa's upset at toto being new again, my granny has trouble everytime she needs a new phone, its the same to us but not to her and its alot harder for them to relearn things. she would have to teach toto everything all over again and thats alot for an elderly person.

    • @Dakiraun
      @Dakiraun Před 2 lety +10

      @@LordGreavous Yes - when she was still around, my grandmother didn't get a lot of technology and didn't have the patience for it. In Rosa's case, it's also extra negative in that she _did_ teach TOTO, but then all that effort was lost by a great grand-daughter that didn't even comprehend why her actions were hurtful. It makes TOTO an excellent metaphor for how technology and generational divides can create misunderstandings.

    • @SliceofLife7777
      @SliceofLife7777 Před 2 lety +6

      Of course a child hasn't yet truly appreciated alot of things. That's why they're children. I used to take my grandma's cooking for granted. If grandma is still around when she's older, she will finally understand.
      Dogbert once made an analogy that today's human brain is a teacup being filled with a fire-hose.

    • @stephenlittle7534
      @stephenlittle7534 Před 2 lety

      Look what Microsoft ate doing the their software .
      Useless. Forcing our info into the cloud (their computer really).
      Saving our key to our software and computer but not letting us have the key stored on our computer.
      So so wrong. And not safe from them.

    • @Dakiraun
      @Dakiraun Před 2 lety +1

      @@stephenlittle7534 Haha - yep, and why I use Linux on my computers both work and home!

  • @secretterces3793
    @secretterces3793 Před 2 lety +22

    Absolutely will NOT EVER get over “Bravo Toto!!” Like AW when will people tell ME bravo for learning to cook

  • @pyronman
    @pyronman Před 2 lety +28

    I am italian and this was so emotional for me...miss my nonna

  • @hansstrudel9614
    @hansstrudel9614 Před 2 lety +11

    This is why I try and visit my grandparents as much as possible and I’m trying to learn how to cook from them too. It’s hard being an old person, especially when you’re alone and people rarely visit.

  • @shebahbrown
    @shebahbrown Před 2 lety +50

    I wish I had a Nonna Rosa 😢. What a heartbreak. Sometimes things don’t need to be updated, just appreciated how they are.

    • @stefanschleps8758
      @stefanschleps8758 Před 2 lety

      Your wisdom belies your years.

    • @TheJacklwilliams
      @TheJacklwilliams Před 2 lety

      Homeostasis is a lie. We must appreciate it, in the now as tomorrow it will not be. The cycle of death and birth is the strongest force in the universe. Even a grand state machine built by the most intelligent AI in the universe would not be capable of disrupting this thing. State can be achieved and held for only short moments.
      And agreed, everyone should have the pleasure of a Nonna Rosa :-)

    • @thebigdawgj
      @thebigdawgj Před 2 lety +1

      To be fair, she should have updated right away. You ALWAYS get the updates when you get a new device.

    • @TheJacklwilliams
      @TheJacklwilliams Před 2 lety +1

      @@thebigdawgj LOL, dying laughing. To be fairer, by then? The thing should update itself while in real time, regularly, and there shouldn’t be an update wiping out all current functionality…. Of course, if Microsoft is behind it, well, all bets are off… 😂

    • @thebigdawgj
      @thebigdawgj Před 2 lety

      @@TheJacklwilliams
      Yes, but you still need user permission to update automatically first.
      Sometimes, updates do wipe saves.

  • @faithcastillo9597
    @faithcastillo9597 Před 2 lety +121

    I'd have been given the choice of eating what was prepared and placed before me, or going hungry. Dad told us all, "We're not running a diner here."

    • @thephoenix2176
      @thephoenix2176 Před 2 lety +4

      Our moms gave and our dads delivered the realness lol. . .

    • @watching95
      @watching95 Před 2 lety +5

      I was given the choice of eating what was put before me or eating it for breakfast.

    • @biguprochester
      @biguprochester Před 2 lety

      If I had have?

    • @jamesjustus6568
      @jamesjustus6568 Před 2 lety +5

      Pretty sure your Dad and mine were cut from the same cloth. “Wait until your father comes home” and “If I have to pull this car over…” weren’t idle threats, either. LOL

    • @burtan2000
      @burtan2000 Před 2 lety +2

      Learning it then is better than being spoiled and given what you want. My parents - exhausted with work, severe medical conditions, my older siblings, and having kids late, found it easier to let me eat whatever. To let me get away with whatever. I lacked discipline. As a result, I lack discipline and willpower now. I could wear them down and get away with things.
      I was a good student and likable, so the trend continued. I had a rough homelife so the teachers wanted me to succeed. And I was smart so i did.
      But you can't tire out your boss and get away with stuff.
      Eating crap now means I'm chubby.
      Don't get me wrong there's no one to blame but myself. I started working at 12 so that's served me well. I moved out at 16 so I am capable of self-sufficiency. But lasting success has eluded me, where a more disciplined person - even far less intelligent - would've found great success.

  • @duncanbrady4053
    @duncanbrady4053 Před 2 lety +16

    Just a lovely short film, a bit happy a bit sad, perfectly dosed, Rosa was perfect (I felt like I was with a real person, not an actress). Great way to spend ten minutes, left me with a small smile after a perfectly executed small piece of art, thank you!

  • @ToyotaKTM
    @ToyotaKTM Před 2 lety +10

    If Toto had Microsoft, Rosa would say "don't update" and Toto would say "updating now".

    • @westsidesmitty1
      @westsidesmitty1 Před rokem +1

      Yep. Durn thing doesn't even ask. And it's all just junk they want to sell me.

  • @tats763
    @tats763 Před 2 lety +63

    Well that was depressing. Very well done, but such a melancholy ending.

    • @bobd5119
      @bobd5119 Před 2 lety +4

      Remain undepressed! Notice that it ends with the same dialog as at the start.

    • @WilliamStonerock
      @WilliamStonerock Před 2 lety +8

      @@bobd5119 It ends with her ignoring it and the robot in the other room slowly running out of power. She never responded to its question and it seems she views it as a piece of useless tech now. That's a bit sad IMO.

  • @fjdarling
    @fjdarling Před 2 lety +12

    I remember a lady like this from 65 years in my past. When she brought out the Spaghetti she used to say mangia, mangia!! This was a very lovely short video. Thanks

  • @TeddysTube
    @TeddysTube Před 2 lety +37

    Excellent little movie! Very relatable about how good devices are getting ruined by infamous system updates, and the careless generation of consumers who just mindlessly say yes to whatever the industry is shoving down our throats. - In fact I'm surprized that the old lady was even given a choise of updating or not.. Here in the real world most of the operating systems manufacturers have long since abandoned the good principle of asking for the user's consent first.

    • @virt1one
      @virt1one Před 2 lety +4

      a decent update should back up, do the update, then restore (import / translate if necessary) the backup so data isn't lost. I consider reckless or intentional data loss a failure of design.

  • @ogrebeast64
    @ogrebeast64 Před 2 lety +39

    Definitely shows the lack of appreciation from the younger generation. A generation which grew up that takes everything for granted instead of appreciating what they actually have. Well done!

  • @ccmarcum
    @ccmarcum Před rokem +3

    I am a grandmother with only one grandchild. She has become like this girl--always looking at her phone, never has time to stay and watch a DVD, says I drive too slowly, gasps if I ask her to do something that saves me climbing stairs, is irritated if I miss a word as she speaks. I speak to her using three different languages so she will pick up simple phrases, teach her basic cooking, talk about her relatives of several generations back, show her how saying something or doing something kind for someone makes her feel happy, tell her to always do what she feels is right, even if it is against the law, and encourage her to travel and know the world, meeting people along the way. I never had a grandmother but wish I had.

  • @andrewparkin4036
    @andrewparkin4036 Před 2 lety +27

    A) I want a TOTO
    B) such a sad story but a good one.

    • @aghastlyghost
      @aghastlyghost Před 2 lety +1

      Even if it has to factory reset just to update software? Kind of a big design flaw there!

  • @sgt.bunbun1369
    @sgt.bunbun1369 Před 2 lety +7

    This is best expression of why not to mess with Grandma's stuff

  • @F3Y3F3
    @F3Y3F3 Před 2 lety +16

    That could've been my grandma, except mine came to the U.S. when she was young and spoke English very well.
    If I'd not eaten her pasta, the heartbroken look I would've gotten would force me to eat, even if I'd just come from dinner at my parent's house (that actually happened when I was home on leave) and I would just eat until I hurt.

  • @lostsoul2508
    @lostsoul2508 Před 2 lety +12

    Anyone else getting Baymax vibes from Toto? Great source of inspiration and I do enjoy the idea that just because there is an update doesn't make it beneficial

  • @thaska6106
    @thaska6106 Před 2 lety +41

    Congratulations to Marco Baldonado and Rosa Forlano, her perfomance was incredibly good. Ambientation, script, roles, photography (that figure of Jesus Christ, where the size, the background and its milimetrical ubication, provide to the scene with an exceptional witness ), sci-fi with that C-9007 called "toto" and his umbilical charging cord was designed and developed with care. The unique contribution of the Italian language that always dress with musicality, humanity, personality and tenderness wherever it is pronnounced, was also a great sucess. That lady whose wrinkles on her face not only reflect the passage of life but knowledge and wisdom, does not need any robot to perform and give herself to others on a day-to-day basis, she would never have burned her pizza.

    • @t.me_s_petizioni_2220
      @t.me_s_petizioni_2220 Před 2 lety +1

      I admire your admiration for a woman reduced to sofa, tv on useless fool betting programs, cooking poor nutritive gluten and starch white spaghetti, and protesting but not seriously reacting teaching again the few matters.
      ● I though the same about reset. But there there is a warning. Have you watched t
      IDIOCRACY? it is somehow a documentary
      Several matters are being developed worse and worse, from artisanship, to mechanical industry design and buildings, to software. More and more stupid stuff ("dancing", but very fondamental for humans like the actor inside the robot), even if without planned obsolescence.

    • @TheJacklwilliams
      @TheJacklwilliams Před 2 lety +1

      Damn straight skippy. Damn STRAIGHT. My Gran lived till 98 and she was spry her entire life. Bravo to your entire synopsis. like the film, spot on.

    • @thaska6106
      @thaska6106 Před 2 lety +1

      @@TheJacklwilliams My Gran lived till 98 too, no joke. Thank you very much for your reading and answer Jack.

    • @TheJacklwilliams
      @TheJacklwilliams Před 2 lety +1

      @@thaska6106 At the end of a long week toiling away what could be finer than tilting a drink and giving props to our Grans. Thank you, very much and how crazy is that? The things they saw and experienced during their lifetimes!

  • @RoySATX
    @RoySATX Před 2 lety +6

    I wouldn't have understood this a few years back, but now that I'm approaching sixty I can feel it in my bones. The younger generations can't understand, they haven't yet experienced enough, but there comes a time when you realize the best things in life are found closer to home.

  • @johannaschonberger6182
    @johannaschonberger6182 Před 2 lety +8

    This made me sad and wish I has spent more time with my grandmother when she was alive

  • @JohnPaul-ii
    @JohnPaul-ii Před 2 lety +3

    Never confuse update with better.
    Thank you Nonna. ❤️

  • @phild8095
    @phild8095 Před 2 lety +3

    Rosa,
    You are so brave to make this film.
    I miss my grandmother. She has been gone more than 30 years. But I see her in you. Thank you for bringing my grandmother back to me for a little while. It has been a blessing.

  • @HunterMayer
    @HunterMayer Před 2 lety +11

    That update was a gut punch in the feels. I was yelling at my screen "no no no!". It's a good story, heartwarming in reverse. I give it 5 out 5 chef kisses. 😚

  • @blackspaces8122
    @blackspaces8122 Před 2 lety +22

    Thank you for this beautiful short film. It has a really poignant message about accepting the gifts of our elders exactly as they are. Don't try to "update" their gifts. The little girl was not being insenstive. She was just being a somewhat self-absorbed child. True for the mother. The grandmother accepted Toto just as he came in the package. And that's what we should do for the grandmothers in our lives.

  • @InsolentVillager
    @InsolentVillager Před 2 lety +6

    My Nona was Italian also and had the same eyes as Rosa. Toward the end when you zoomed in on her sad eyes it instantly had me teary eyed! Bravo!

  • @juljul123
    @juljul123 Před 2 lety +10

    So relatable!! That's why my parents hate to update their phones

  • @moogmike1
    @moogmike1 Před 2 lety +18

    This was a lovely film, wish it could have been longer.

  • @foxyturbine7114
    @foxyturbine7114 Před 2 lety +9

    Mamma mia!! I wanted to cry at the end :(
    That was a great film, Marco. Very well done. Thank you.

  • @rawknvegan1990
    @rawknvegan1990 Před 2 lety +2

    this made me think about getting older and i am glad i was around for my granny til 98 . thank you. now i shall stay even longer at the senior center i visit and call a lil longer

  • @sailorstu
    @sailorstu Před 11 měsíci +1

    Wonderful short film,
    It brought tears to my eyes.
    It reminds me of a few years ago.
    My mom was having problems hearing her flip phone, with Bluetooth.
    I brought her to the cell phone store, so they could program it to work through her hearing aids.
    Rather than doing this one simple task they tried selling her a smart watch saying was what she needed.
    My mom was 80 at the time and barely knew how to turn on her computer.
    She had no need or desire to learn anything more.
    That's why she had a flip phone rather than a smartphone.
    Shortly before my mom passed I learned about a USA based cellphone manufacturering company who knows about this and designed their entire product line around seniors. Trying to make things easier for them with bigger buttons, louder volume and so on.
    However they weren't available in Canada at that time.

  • @lukapogo
    @lukapogo Před 2 lety +14

    I like this. Unlike a lot of other shorts, this ain't pretentious.
    Great work, marco and the team!

  • @kayskreed
    @kayskreed Před 2 lety +4

    As an adult child who learned to cook from watching and following the instructions of his mother, I now understand that the generational gap and appreciation for simple yet wholesome things like homecooked meals can be met through teaching and spending a lot of time with family.
    The source of the problem is this movie lies with the middle generation, i e adult daughter/granddaughter too "busy" to dedicate that time and views granny mainly as a babysitter. Children are naturally curious and helpful. If you teach them young enough and get them involved, be it in the kitchen for instance, some of that culty has a chance at passing on to the next generation. More importantly it will bring everyone closer together and make them understand and appreciate things that otherwise it would be impossible to know. The solution is for people to slow down and spend time with eachother rather than popping out kids and teaching them nothing.
    Realistically, both somewhat optimistically but sadly as well, robot companions becoming mainstream doesn't appear to be farfetched the further along we go. But I believe that the message here is that although potentially really useful in some situations like providing companionship for the elderly or disabled, they cannot replace the need for family and more importantly a close-knit family bond.

  • @robertheinkel6225
    @robertheinkel6225 Před 2 lety +3

    The family recipe is still in grandma’s memory, so it hasn’t been lost.

  • @malcolmkogut
    @malcolmkogut Před 2 lety +83

    Beautiful but sad that younger generations don't know the struggles of their elders nor do they want to. The only things new are what have been forgotten.

    • @lowercase21
      @lowercase21 Před 2 lety +5

      So true.

    • @Pellkot
      @Pellkot Před 2 lety +4

      One of the best things i did was voluntering for a summer job at the nursery home. The stories and life advice you get are amazing. Would recommend anyone regardless to do that.

    • @birchwwolf
      @birchwwolf Před 2 lety +10

      Likewise, the older generations generally don't want to hear the struggles of the newer generations, arguing that they know what's best because it worked for them. The conversation must go both ways, and often does when families remain closer and more open to listening.

    • @Morganational
      @Morganational Před 2 lety +4

      I was going to say what Birchwood said. The elders don't take anything the newer generation does seriously. Unfortunately it's just the way it has always been.

    • @RodneyKimbangu
      @RodneyKimbangu Před 2 lety +1

      @@birchwwolf Say that when you reach your old days and cannot easily tolerate some things!

  • @dbaider9467
    @dbaider9467 Před 2 lety +5

    You knocked this one out of the park. Perfect casting and you can tell the music was a labour of love.

  • @robrod3097
    @robrod3097 Před 2 lety +10

    Moraleja:
    Why fix it if it ain't broken...
    It takes one member in between, to break the tradition.
    In the second generation, all may be lost...

  • @Spicymuffin
    @Spicymuffin Před 2 lety +2

    This is so relatable. So often i will ask elderly freinds or family why they never turn their phones on. Grumpy reply "Because no one ever calls me on it!"

  • @williammitchell1804
    @williammitchell1804 Před rokem +2

    I can relate. I spent over 40 years working in IT. Never had a clean operating system update. Many updates from the vendor caused more problems than they solved. Or upgrades were not done properly. Lots of data was lost because backups were not taken on a regular basis. Rosa was wise. "NO UPDATES".

  • @EPrimeify
    @EPrimeify Před 2 lety +2

    I just showed my Nonna. She was like "That's-a me!" "That's Nonna!" and also she liked the music at the end.

  • @stefanschleps8758
    @stefanschleps8758 Před 2 lety +3

    Wonderful! Expertly written, and superbly directed. Acting by Rosa Forlano is a tour de force!
    The problems being analogue in a digital world. Sweet. Bravo!

  • @PelicanMafia
    @PelicanMafia Před 2 lety +5

    this was really well made, it really shows the separation of older generations to newer ones

  • @BUDBLOOOD
    @BUDBLOOOD Před 2 lety +2

    Best short Sci Fi I’ve seen in Years. Congratulations and Thank You 🙏🏻

  • @TheQuincyEdwards
    @TheQuincyEdwards Před rokem +2

    This is perfect. I feel the same way about new tech as the old lady - one day I finally understand it, things become smooth, and then an update and I would rather not relearn it.

  • @TheGolfdaily
    @TheGolfdaily Před 2 lety +1

    One of the BEST short film at DUST!
    Nice simple story, - Very Human!

  • @sneed472
    @sneed472 Před 2 lety +7

    actually quite endearing. don't know why everyone says it's depressing. I'm sure all it's trying to say is respect your elders, which I think most people do but children are often too naive to understand when they maybe aren't

  • @davidhernandezgiuliani9184

    This should be a movie. Congrats to the director.

  • @paulmaggiar8274
    @paulmaggiar8274 Před 2 lety +2

    A wonderful short story with heart. The human food and robot food take center stage in how I process this film.

  • @kittehgo
    @kittehgo Před 2 lety +2

    OMG I would have totally asked if I could have a few containers of pasta, even if I couldn't stay to eat. Real pasta made by an Italian grandmother must taste like heaven..🤗

  • @hyruleanraven81
    @hyruleanraven81 Před 2 lety +3

    We all need Rosa in our lives. Mother should focus on her child not to be so dismissive.

  • @CarlosMabalot
    @CarlosMabalot Před 2 lety +1

    For those old enough to remember, the Toto battery indicator at the very end of the film becomes deeply symbolic.

  • @cintamarie1934
    @cintamarie1934 Před 2 lety +2

    I enjoyed her acting. Would love to see more of main actress Rosa

  • @PrimitiveInTheExtreme
    @PrimitiveInTheExtreme Před 2 lety +16

    Oh che bello un cortometraggio in italiano! Troppo contento! Grande Marco, grande lavoro davvero! La storia di Toto e Rosa mi è piaciuta troppo! Spero che ci sia un seguito! Ciao 🍝

  • @thomascollins4325
    @thomascollins4325 Před 2 lety +1

    Great short film!!! It really portrayed well the way old people are basically ignored by younger people, even family. No one listened to her. Very well done!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @CampbellCornLab
    @CampbellCornLab Před rokem +1

    This is my most favorite Dust Sci Fi episode ever!! Bravo1

  • @jasonmagana6081
    @jasonmagana6081 Před rokem +1

    Hello my name is Jason, what a treat lol,many thanks to the team,I still have a short fused grandmother to this day. She acts the same in the kitchen when cooking tamales during fall into winter every time.👍👍👍

  • @ShaeGuy
    @ShaeGuy Před rokem +2

    6:38 I just love the angry look he gave her. lol

  • @michaelwilson8461
    @michaelwilson8461 Před rokem +1

    Poor grandma, gained and lost a friend in a day. Makes you want to go hug your grandmother, just because.

  • @phil20_20
    @phil20_20 Před rokem +2

    Just like the VCR when the power goes out! Lol

  • @dbrxsdgo
    @dbrxsdgo Před rokem +1

    Awe... Another good story that was way too short. Loved this grandma!

  • @jeffarmstrong1308
    @jeffarmstrong1308 Před 2 lety +9

    This great on so many levels. I'm not of Italian or Greek descent so I did not have a Nonna as such but I know the type of lady. Her heartbreak when the TOTO was updated and had its memory wiped in the process is beautifully portrayed by the writing and the the acting.
    Much as I love my modern technology I sometimes wish programmers would remember the principle of "if it ain't broke don't fix it"
    Too often the gains made by a software update are countered by the loss of a valued functionality.

  • @k.r.fonsecadasilva4860
    @k.r.fonsecadasilva4860 Před rokem +2

    What a masterpiece!!!
    ...Made me sad, cause its actually the negligence that some people have to face in real life.

  • @l.b.4773
    @l.b.4773 Před 2 lety +2

    I really appreciate the story. I hate that Grams built rapport with the robot and the little girl updated the thing. I see a lot in the comments about the generation gap. The girl is a child. She hasn’t had enough life experience to be grateful for the pasta. At her age, I’d probably want pizza, too. A short story that introduced and maintained my empathy for the characters and left me wanting more, but at the same time, left me filling like I’ve enjoyed a full length film. Loved it.

  • @todddouglas296
    @todddouglas296 Před 2 lety +2

    Loved it! Made me miss my grandma.

  • @linovishnudatt2992
    @linovishnudatt2992 Před 2 lety +3

    Beautifull movie! Loved the performance of Nana. I guess she’ll learn Toto everything again after this day. I mean she did it before so why panic? Obviously she doesn’t… A bit stupid that the update required a memory erase. Must be an Apple product! 🤣

  • @tinahochstetler2189
    @tinahochstetler2189 Před rokem +1

    Hey, that was for grandma! To make her day to day life a little easier and less lonely. And little granddaughter erased all of Grandma's work and happy memories with Toto. 😔
    And the Mom, Rosa's daughter, saying she's going to help her with it, there's no way that will ever happen. Ten years later she'll still be talking about 'someday.' Someday never comes.
    Well, I guess Rosa will just have to take time to teach Toto and make friends with him all over again. Don't let kids or anybody play with him unattended any more.

  • @jm1551701
    @jm1551701 Před 2 lety +1

    "This was such a great story, a little sad @ the end but very good, I love anything SCI-FI specially when there are robots in it, this was very well filmed , great acting and Direction, a fine job Marco,

  • @Hafnhaf
    @Hafnhaf Před 2 lety +2

    this made me want to be Italian. much love to Nonna, Marco & the rest of the cast & crew for this incredible piece !

  • @yup_pea
    @yup_pea Před 2 lety +1

    OMG! AWESOME video! But my grandmother would die if there was tomato sauce that came in a jar! Lol! She always said... tomato sauce comes from a vine NOT a jar! Love you grandma 😘😀

  • @robertsontirado4478
    @robertsontirado4478 Před 2 lety +2

    Well made highly creative it takes a lot to make a film like this, congratulations. Molto bene.

  • @rutheliz75
    @rutheliz75 Před 2 lety +1

    That pasta looked amazing . Avery good story line.

  • @nigelprice4799
    @nigelprice4799 Před 2 lety +3

    ...very well done, message put across succinctly, nothing wasted.....what more could you want?

  • @mhughes1160
    @mhughes1160 Před 2 lety +2

    These kind of videos are great 👍 please make more.

  • @kjkjkj4763
    @kjkjkj4763 Před 2 lety

    Understanding of giving and receiving LOVE between generations and to respect each other’s and how much time we have for each other . I really enjoyed this . Sad but it shows the reality , everyone needs compassion in different ways

  • @acmanuel21
    @acmanuel21 Před 2 lety +1

    Please love your parents/ grandparents every single day. Take time to bond, talk.

  • @reszzz
    @reszzz Před 2 lety

    I can't get enough of these

  • @rudevalve
    @rudevalve Před 2 lety +1

    Certified Gold!!!!!

  • @ssijon
    @ssijon Před rokem +1

    Toto is like my phone when it updates!

  • @Beading_Kate
    @Beading_Kate Před 2 lety +12

    It made me sad. There are a lot of reasons in this short to make me sad. Loosened family connections, isolation, loneliness, ungratefulness, aging…
    My grandmothers used to tell stories about their tough childhood, too. Stories about struggle and hunger and kindness. Later I learnt that they had never tell us the darkest things, such as deaths of their mothers and siblings and other hurtful events.
    Home-cooked food is the best! I would be happy to have any meal cooked by my grandmothers. Unfortunately, I can’t anymore. Be grateful for having your family around.
    I think that many of younger people do not appreciate home-cooked food because they don’t know how much it takes to cook anything. It happens to almost any activity.
    The girl was so ignorant to mess up with the device that was not her in the first place. She should have asked the owner - her grandma - if she could update the software and briefly explain all the pros and cons of it.
    And… what a weird software update that reset all settings and memory!

    • @WilliamStonerock
      @WilliamStonerock Před 2 lety

      Agreed, but the girl swims in tech and for her the update was just background noise. She likely thought she was helping.

    • @Beading_Kate
      @Beading_Kate Před 2 lety +1

      @@WilliamStonerock you’re right, but… I still think that children should be taught the right way to interact with someone else’s belongings. There should be respect and attention. I bet the girl would be upset, too, if grandma did the same thing to her tablet or phone.

  • @Phrancis5
    @Phrancis5 Před 2 lety +2

    It's like that movie "Frank and the Robot". I'm now middle age, never had kids, but work in tech and have generally kept up with technology. I hope digital assistants like this will be common and affordable in my old age. Just like Japan's aging population, there are many Americans that never had kids. Weird that a new robot is kinda dingy looking - also, software updates shouldn't erase important memory...

  • @MentalStillness
    @MentalStillness Před rokem +1

    Impressive film. I enjoyed the live action take on Baymax and Rosa's story dealing with her solitude and entitled granddaughter.

  • @applejack4225
    @applejack4225 Před 2 lety

    I would have happily sat down and eaten fresh, home cooked pasta with Rosa. What a treat. The child was spoilt and ungrateful.

  • @OldManPaxusYT
    @OldManPaxusYT Před rokem +1

    wow... a rare Dust short that's actually pretty good

  • @echospaw899
    @echospaw899 Před 2 lety +2

    Oh, this reminds me of my feisty, little Italian Grandma so much. Kids! Well, that's how they are, especially at that age. I wasn't as much of an angel as my G'ma thought I was, lol. But, I was there for her, and helped take care of her particularly in her golden years to the end. I do believe you would've heard her drop a few F-bombs, etc though, with things like the pizza(gate) and the girl damaging her new robot. 🤖

  • @SUPER_WOLFMOON
    @SUPER_WOLFMOON Před 10 měsíci +1

    I don't think I've ever, not been in the mood for pasta.

  • @MatthewHill
    @MatthewHill Před 2 lety +2

    Wow that is a lot sadder than I was expecting. Definitely worth a watch though.

  • @SS71Simon
    @SS71Simon Před rokem +1

    This Is a masterpiece.
    Bellissimo e profondo.
    Sad but true.
    Complimenti

  • @otterpoet
    @otterpoet Před 2 lety +1

    Beautiful, yet sad film. Hit harder than I thought. Brilliantly done.

  • @jchyip
    @jchyip Před 2 lety +5

    Seems like bad engineering that the update requires a factory reset. Also, trading fresh pasta for frozen pizza...

  • @watersrising8044
    @watersrising8044 Před 2 lety +1

    Rosa was wonderful. Thank you.

  • @ClaudioVaL
    @ClaudioVaL Před 2 lety +1

    meraviglioso. complimenti! (wonderful!)

  • @AppNasty
    @AppNasty Před 2 lety +1

    My mom goes through this. Phone works as she wants and has gotten used to….until an update comes and changes things around a bit. Now she has to learn new things and doesn’t have the energy to. Awesome short.

  • @edesir
    @edesir Před 2 lety +1

    Exactly the way I expected it to end!! Well done!! How my mom was after her Google Home stopped working.

  • @CAMBY608
    @CAMBY608 Před 2 lety +1

    not gonna lie, that spaghetti looked good! :) - Great short, and great acting!

  • @gargoyle38
    @gargoyle38 Před 2 lety +1

    Gosh, this is so delightful

  • @kendraharris7461
    @kendraharris7461 Před 2 lety +1

    Such a wonderful film! I'm all aspects ❤ Please keep up the great work. I hope you have ideas to continue this as a series 🎉

  • @aelthric
    @aelthric Před 2 lety +2

    Ciao Marco, mia moglie era italiana, è morta nel 2020 e posso vedere nel comportamento di Rosa Forlano, la mia amata Bruna, sebbene Bruna era molto più giovane quando è morta.
    Grazie mille per avermi fatto la lacrima agli occhi mentre guardavo il tuo meraviglioso film ...
    Per favore perdona il mio povero italiano, Bruna ha sempre detto che ero troppo pigro per imparare a parlarlo bene ...

    • @pyronman
      @pyronman Před 2 lety +1

      Your italian is perfetc, greatings from italy!

  • @rylieriley
    @rylieriley Před 2 lety +2

    Bellissimo! Adoro questo film. 💗🥰💗 I would love some homemade spaghetti, but I have none (it's my favorite food). 😢 Where is a Nonna when you need one? 😄

  • @Uluvmiswag
    @Uluvmiswag Před rokem +1

    Love it. A real life Baymax

  • @KevoStudio
    @KevoStudio Před rokem +1

    I really really love it!!