Miniseries · Netflix
Tear Along the Dotted Line
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Zerocalcare
Zerocalcare (voice)
6 eps
Valerio Mastandrea
Armadillo (voice)
6 eps
Chiara Gioncardi
Sarah (voice)
1 eps
Ambrogio Colombo
Alice's Father (voice)
1 eps
Michele Foschini
Tizio (voice)
1 eps
Paolo Vivio
Secco (voce)
1 eps
Alessandra Sani
Other Female Voices (voice)
1 eps
Ezio Conenna
Other Male Voices (voice)
1 eps
Veronica Puccio
Alice (voice)
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Tear Along the Dotted Line actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Tear Along the Dotted Line reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The story
What it's about
A cartoonist in Rome with his armadillo-for-a-conscience reflects on his path in life and a would-be love as he and his friends travel outside the city.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E06
Episode 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.
- Directed by Zerocalcare
S01E04
Episode 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."
- Directed by Zerocalcare
S01E05
Episode 5
Admitting he's bad at giving emotional support, Zero remembers consoling Alice after a breakup. An encounter with a former student rattles Zero.
- Directed by Zerocalcare
S01E01
Episode 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.
- Directed by Zerocalcare
S01E02
Episode 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.
- Directed by Zerocalcare
S01E03
Episode 3
Zero describes his nightmarish experience tutoring kids. While waiting for Secco, Zero tells Sarah why he's so obsessed with being punctual.
- Directed by Zerocalcare
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Giorgio ScorzaProducer
- Michele FoschiniExecutive Producer
- Davide RosioProducer
- Francesca EttorreExecutive Producer
- Magali FuzellierExecutive Producer
Writing
- ZerocalcareWriter
Direction
- ZerocalcareDirector
Music
- GiancaneOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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- NetflixStreaming
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