少年の苛酷な旅を描いた名作童話に基づくアニメーション。困難に立ち向かう主人公マルコの健気な奮闘はもちろん、旅連れとなる猿アメディオのおちゃめな活躍も見逃せない！19世紀、不景気にあえぐイタリア。南米に出稼ぎに向かった母を追って、9歳のマルコはペットの猿アメディオとともに船に乗る。困難続きの旅は、彼の心に変化をもたらし……。Marco and his family live in Genoa, Italy, a poor town where many local Italians went to work overseas. Marco's mother, Anna, is among one of them. Initially, Anna keeps writing back home while working in Argentina, but one day, the letters stopped. The boy then decides to search for his mother. Despite the journey's difficulties, Marco heads off into Argentina's interior, to meet his mother, who as the boy's bad luck would have to see his mother on her deathbed...
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