This symbolic fairy tale tells of the charming innocence of childhood and the meaning of time that is allotted to people.
There are some things that take time... and tremendously.
Tick tock, that's right. It's a good thing that in a stone theatre in Italy lives Momo, a little girl with beautiful eyes and a heart on her palm, who knows how to listen to others. Not everyone can do that. Someone rather wishes to hear the slick grey masters commanding to rush everything and to always be in a hurry so that the seconds, minutes, hours and days saved can be invested in the future. Into what? Who knows what the crooks are up to - but Momo will put a crimp in their plans. Will Kasiopeya the turtle and Master Horus from the House of the Never-Never-Was help her?
This symbolic fairy tale tells of the charming innocence of childhood and the meaning of time that is allotted to people. His greatness has been fought over in the fantasy genre ever since Einstein made him the centre of the universe, but no one in fiction has honored him more fervently than the little girl created in Michael Ende's imagination. Tick tock, not otherwise. Just listen...
