Season 1
Synopsis
Tear Along the Dotted Line (2021), Season 1 is an Italian animated miniseries you can watch online on iFILM — six episodes that follow Zero, a Rome cartoonist, on a train to Biella with his armadillo-shaped conscience talking him out of every comforting lie.
The story moves sideways more than forward. Between stops, Zero digs up memories: meeting Alice at seventeen, a fleeting stint as the teacher's favorite, the grind of tutoring kids and hunting for any job at all. The jokes come fast and very Roman, but something heavier collects underneath them. Why this particular trip matters only lands in the final episode, and it reframes everything before it.
Written, drawn, and voiced by Zerocalcare, the show carries his fingerprints on every frame. Short, funny, and quietly devastating in a way most features never manage. Stream Tear Along the Dotted Line Season 1 online on iFILM.
6 episodes
S1·E1Episode 1
Zero, a comics writer and artist who imagines his conscience as an armadillo, remembers how he first met his friend, Alice, when they were 17 years old.
S1·E2Episode 2
Zero recalls when, at 11 years old, he was briefly the teacher's pet. While on the way to pick up Secco, Zero has trouble changing a flat tire.
S1·E3Episode 3
Zero describes his nightmarish experience tutoring kids. While waiting for Secco, Zero tells Sarah why he's so obsessed with being punctual.
S1·E4Episode 4
While on the train to Biella, Zero recollects what it was like struggling to look for work and explains, in detail, his apartment's various "domains."
S1·E5Episode 5
Admitting he's bad at giving emotional support, Zero remembers consoling Alice after a breakup. An encounter with a former student rattles Zero.
S1·E6Episode 6
In Biella, Zero struggles with how to grieve as Sarah blasts him for making it about him. Later, he learns of a shocking secret that sends him reeling.
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