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Animation based on the typefaces and scripts of the 1920s and 1930s set to an Italian song of the 1950s.
Overview
Shot as a graduation film at St Martins School of Art in 1988 and later adapted for a Royal Mail advert in 1989. Sung by Nuccia Bongiovanni.
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