With his third animated series for Netflix, Roman cartoonist Zerocalcare continues the melancholic narrative of his universe. While Tear along the dotted line focused on a painful episode in his own life, This World Won't Tear me down addressed the theme of social injustice, in My Two Cents, Zero recounts the generation of forty-year-olds, with whom he identifies, as they tackle unfulfilled expectations, current problems and present responsibilities: a generation caught between nostalgia for a time long gone, and inadequacy given their lack of tools to face the present.
There are many common threads that link the three seasons. Zero's Roman dialect, peppered with sarcasm, is a defining feature of his style, taking the viewer on a carousel of emotions that oscillates between hilarity and reflection. His lifelong friends, Sarah, Secco, and Cinghiale, are joined by a former love and other characters who resurface from the past. Above all, his conscience, the Armadillo (with the unmistakable voice of Valerio Mastandrea) is always ready to prod him into action, reminding him of his inner fears and monsters, often in conflict with the people, near and far, who surround him.
As always, the story is set in the microcosm where Zero grew up, the Roman neighbourhood of Rebibbia, amidst grey buildings and graffiti, a suburb that could be anywhere, recognizable thanks to a few distinctive signs such as the metro stops that connect the eastern outskirts of Rome on the via Tiburtina.
With his third animated series for Netflix, Roman cartoonist Zerocalcare continues the melancholic narrative of his universe. While Tear along the dotted line focused on a painful episode in his own life, This World Won't Tear me down addressed the theme of social injustice, in My Two Cents, Zero recounts the generation of forty-year-olds, with whom he identifies, as they tackle unfulfilled expectations, current problems and present responsibilities: a generation caught between nostalgia for a time long gone, and inadequacy given their lack of tools to face the present.
There are many common threads that link the three seasons. Zero's Roman dialect, peppered with sarcasm, is a defining feature of his style, taking the viewer on a carousel of emotions that oscillates between hilarity and reflection. His lifelong friends, Sarah, Secco, and Cinghiale, are joined by a former love and other characters who resurface from the past. Above all, his conscience, the Armadillo (with the unmistakable voice of Valerio Mastandrea) is always ready to prod him into action, reminding him of his inner fears and monsters, often in conflict with the people, near and far, who surround him.
As always, the story is set in the microcosm where Zero grew up, the Roman neighbourhood of Rebibbia, amidst grey buildings and graffiti, a suburb that could be anywhere, recognizable thanks to a few distinctive signs such as the metro stops that connect the eastern outskirts of Rome on the via Tiburtina.
Zero and Cinghiale run a small restaurant, but financial problems, misunderstandings, and personal lives that are more complicated than necessary put them both under pressure. The return of someone from Zero's past and unexpected responsibilities precipitate an already fragile situation, forcing them to make difficult choices.
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