Pinocchio: The True Story

PINOCHIO: THE TRUE STORY

What if the story didn’t end when the fairy tale book said THE END?

In 1899, Pinocchio isn’t a wide-eyed wooden boy anymore—he’s a twenty-year-old young man trying (and often failing) to live up to the love of his aging father Geppetto… and the girl who smells like orange blossoms, Alegra Catalano.

But when one reckless shortcut costs him everything, the Blue Fairy’s gift is taken away—leaving Pinocchio trapped in his puppet body once more… unable to age, unable to feel, and forced to wander through the decades with only one companion: G.W. “Gee Willikers,” the sharp-dressed talking Cricket he once abandoned.

Arriving in America at the eve of the 20th Century, this story follows his immigrant experience and incredible journey from Ellis Island to the Big Top Circus, from old Hollywood to war-torn Italy, from moral compromises to impossible second chances, reuniting with old friends and meeting new people -- Pinocchio learns what no fairy tale ever admits:
Becoming “real” isn’t one heroic act.

It’s a lifetime.