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Tear Along the Dotted Line 2021
Tear Along the Dotted Line is an Italian adult animated comedy drama television series. It is written and directed by cartoonist Zerocalcare. The show features Zero, a fictionalized version of Zerocalcare, as he reflects on his life journey and romantic prospects. He travels outside Rome with friends Secco and Sara, accompanied by an armadillo representing his conscience. The series draws from real-life experiences of Zerocalcare, who also provides voices for most characters in the original. It premiered internationally on Netflix on 17 November 2021 and received generally positive critical reviews.
A second season titled This World Can't Tear Me Down debuted on 9 June 2023. A third series called My 2 Cents was released on 27 May 2026.
Trailer
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Cast
- Zerocalcarehimself
- Valerio MastandreaArmadillo
- Chiara GioncardiSarah
- Paolo VivioSecco
- Veronica PuccioAlice
- Ambrogio ColomboAlice's father
- Ezio Conenna and Alessandra Saniadditional voices
- Adam Rhys DeeZerocalcare
- Horrid HenryArmadillo
- Robert Wilfortadditional voices
Crew
- Director
- Zerocalcare
- Creator
- Zerocalcare
- Writer
- Zerocalcare
- Producer
- Davide Rosio, Giorgio Scorza
- Executive producer
- Michele Foschini, (BAO Publishing), Francesca Ettorre, Banijay Entertainment S.A., Magali Fuzellier, Giovanna Bo, (DogHead Animation Studio)
- Music
- Giancane
Details
- Production
- Banijay Belgium, BAO Publishing, DogHead Animation Studio

