Humanizing disability in Italian cinema: Depictions of Down syndrome in Dafne and Mio fratello rincorre i dinosauri
Published online on December 27, 2025
Abstract
Journal of European Studies, Volume 56, Issue 1, Page 37-55, March 2026.
Two recent 2019 Italian films, Federico Bondi’sDafneand Stefano Cipani’sMio fratello rincorre i dinosauri, subvert the ways that people with disabilities have traditionally been characterized onscreen. Whereas much of Italian cinema has marginalized ...
Two recent 2019 Italian films, Federico Bondi’sDafneand Stefano Cipani’sMio fratello rincorre i dinosauri, subvert the ways that people with disabilities have traditionally been characterized onscreen. Whereas much of Italian cinema has marginalized ...