In suburbian Italy, the boys spend money on a vehicle of their own, the Piaggio Ape, a small version of a motor truck: its front portion protruding out out a bird’s forehead, with the back that can be used to carry goods (or in this case, unassuming dead people). These are kids who will take up centrestage in Sting Like a Bee, the new documentary by Leone that premiered at the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival. (Also read: Motherboard review: Portrait of single parent’s decades-long journey with her son is an absolute gem) Sting Like a Bee premiered at CPH: Docx. The premise In Italian, ape means a bee. Before you know it, these adolescents are talking directly to the camera, answering the director’s questions, and eagerly contributing to the making of their own film within this film. It all comes together in a startling, hyper-realist experiment of a film that refuses to follow any genre. Divided into chapters that begin with the prologue, making way for ‘the casting’ where the young protagonists follow directions …