diff --git a/src/engine/render.js b/src/engine/render.js
index 17dfb9f..7f76ab8 100644
--- a/src/engine/render.js
+++ b/src/engine/render.js
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ export function render(ctx, game, { hover, spots, debug, time = performance.now(
         if (sheet) queue.push({ y: p.at[1], draw: () => drawSprite(ctx, sheet, game.personPose(p), ...p.at, game.scaleAt(p.at[1]), p.facing ?? 1, p.size) });
     }
     for (const q of queue.sort((a, b) => a.y - b.y)) q.draw();
+    if (!pov) crowdFront(ctx, game, time);
     drawApparitions(ctx, game, time);
     drawPhase(ctx, game);
     drawEffects(ctx, game, time);
@@ -764,6 +765,28 @@ export const EFFECTS = {
         ctx.restore();
     },
 };
+// Andrea dentro la folla dell'Ingorgo (Andrea, 31 ottobre: «sembra di volare fra le persone»): sopra di lui, dalla
+// vita in giù, si ridisegna la gente dello sfondo che gli sta davanti. A strisce come l'effetto `crowd`, con lo stesso
+// sobbalzo a tempo (così le teste davanti saltano con le altre) e il bordo in alto a teste, mai dritto.
+export function crowdFront(ctx, game, time, bg = backgrounds.get(game.backdrop())) {
+    const bands = (game.scene.effects ?? []).filter(e => e.type === 'crowd' && onNow(e, game));
+    if (!bg || !bands.length) return;
+    const s = game.state, h = PERSON * game.scaleAt(s.y), k = bg.width / WIDTH, waist = s.y - h * 0.5, half = Math.ceil(h * 0.3);
+    for (const e of bands) {
+        const [ax, ay, aw, ah] = e.area, step = e.step ?? 5, amount = e.amount ?? 3, beats = time / 60000 * (e.bpm ?? 120);
+        for (let x = ax + Math.floor((s.x - half - ax) / step) * step; x < s.x + half; x += step) {
+            if (x < ax || x >= ax + aw) continue;
+            const i = (x - ax) / step, b = (beats / 2 + hash(i * 17 + ay)) % 1, jump = b < 0.5 ? Math.sin(b * Math.PI) : 0;
+            const dy = Math.round(amount * (0.4 + 0.6 * hash(i * 31 + 5)) * jump);
+            // La testa di chi sta davanti: ogni striscia alla sua altezza, e salta col battito.
+            const edge = Math.round(waist - h * 0.14 * hash(i * 7 + 3)) - dy;
+            const from = Math.max(edge, ay), to = Math.min(s.y + 3, ay + ah - dy);
+            if (to <= from) continue;
+            const w = Math.min(step, ax + aw - x);
+            ctx.drawImage(bg, x * k, (from + dy) * k, w * k, (to - from) * k, x, from, w, to - from);
+        }
+    }
+}
 const BACKGROUND_EFFECTS = new Set(['sway', 'clouds', 'cloth', 'leafshadow', 'crowd', ...Object.keys(ambientEffects)]);
 function drawEffects(ctx, game, time, background = false) {
     for (const e of game.scene.effects ?? []) {
diff --git a/tests/_tmp_folla.browser.mjs b/tests/_tmp_folla.browser.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4265a79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/_tmp_folla.browser.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { chromium } from 'playwright';
+import { staticServer } from './helpers.mjs';
+const server = await staticServer();
+const browser = await chromium.launch({ args: ['--use-gl=angle', '--use-angle=swiftshader', '--enable-unsafe-swiftshader'] });
+const page = await browser.newPage({ viewport: { width: 1280, height: 860 } });
+await page.goto(`http://127.0.0.1:${server.port}/`);
+await page.click('#splash'); await page.click('#new-game'); await page.click('#rione [data-rione="campomigliaio"]'); await page.click('#skip-intro');
+for (const [scene, at] of JSON.parse(process.env.SPOTS)) {
+  await page.evaluate(async ([scene, at]) => {
+    const { settle } = await import('/tests/helpers.mjs');
+    settle(game); game.state.flags.ingorgo = true;
+    game.go(scene, at, 'right'); settle(game);
+  }, [scene, at]);
+  await page.waitForTimeout(1500);
+  await page.screenshot({ path: `${process.env.S}/folla-${scene}-${at[1]}.png`, clip: { x: 98, y: 60, width: 1084, height: 610 } });
+}
+await browser.close(); server.kill();
diff --git a/tests/ingorgo.test.mjs b/tests/ingorgo.test.mjs
index 9f01041..c12031d 100644
--- a/tests/ingorgo.test.mjs
+++ b/tests/ingorgo.test.mjs
@@ -168,6 +168,26 @@ test('le musiche e gli sfondi della festa esistono', () => {
     for (const f of files) assert.ok(existsSync(new URL('../' + f, import.meta.url)), `manca ${f}`);
 });
 
+test('alla festa Andrea sta dentro la folla: dalla vita in giù la gente dello sfondo gli passa davanti', async () => {
+    const { crowdFront } = await import('../src/engine/render.js');
+    const g = new Game(story); g.go('piazzetta', [330, 320]); settle(g);
+    const calls = [], ctx = { drawImage: (...a) => calls.push(a) }, bg = { width: 1280 };
+    crowdFront(ctx, g, 0, bg);
+    assert.equal(calls.length, 0, 'di giorno, senza la festa, niente');
+    g.state.flags.ingorgo = true;
+    const { x, y } = g.state, h = 62 * g.scaleAt(y);
+    for (const time of [0, 250, 500]) {
+        calls.length = 0; crowdFront(ctx, g, time, bg);
+        assert.ok(calls.length > 3, 'strisce di folla sopra Andrea');
+        for (const [img, , , , , dx, dy, dw, dh] of calls) {
+            assert.equal(img, bg);
+            assert.ok(dx + dw > x - h * 0.4 && dx < x + h * 0.4, 'solo davanti a lui');
+            assert.ok(dy >= y - h * 0.75 && dy + dh <= y + 3, 'dalla vita in giù, fino ai piedi');
+        }
+        assert.ok(new Set(calls.map(c => c[6])).size > 1, 'il bordo in alto a teste, mai dritto');
+    }
+});
+
 test('alla festa la folla dipinta salta a tempo: l\'effetto crowd in tutte e cinque le scene, dietro piano e davanti forte', async () => {
     const { EFFECTS } = await import('../src/engine/render.js');
     assert.equal(typeof EFFECTS.crowd, 'function');