To Want to Fly
Volere volare (To Want to Fly) is a 1991 Italian comedy film co-written, co-directed by and starring Maurizio Nichetti. It is a live-action animated film. The male lead is a man who dubs sound effects for cartoons and who is slowly turning into a cartoon. Right before becoming a cartoon, he meets a woman with a very unusual job with whom he falls in love. His transformation complicates both his private and professional life.
| Volere volare | |
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| Directed by | Guido Manuli Maurizio Nichetti |
| Produced by | Mario Cecchi Gori Vittorio Cecchi Gori Ernesto Di Sabro |
| Written by | Guido Manuli Maurizio Nichetti |
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| Music by | Manuel De Sica Peter Westheimer |
| Cinematography | Mario Battistoni |
| Edited by | Rita Rossi |
Production company | Pentafilm - Bambù |
| Distributed by | Fine Line Features Pentafilm Distribuzione (Italy) |
Release date | 1 March 1991 |
Running time | 94 min. |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Plot summary
Maurizio is a funny and clumsy Italian voice actor and sound effects artist for old American cartoons, while his brother and business partner does the same for pornographic films. Martina is a self-styled "social worker" who charges harmless men with unusual desires a fee to act out their fantasies, such as a taxi driver who enjoys terrifying passengers with stunt driving. The two meet, and fall in love. One day, however, Maurizio suffers an accident that slowly starts to turn him into a cartoon.
Cast
- Maurizio Nichetti ... Maurizio 'Sbaffino'
- Angela Finocchiaro ... Martina
- Mariella Valentini ... Loredana
- Patrizio Roversi ... Patrizio
- Remo Remotti ... The 'Child'
- Mario Gravier ... Architect at Home #1
- Luigi Gravier ... Architect at Home #2
- Renato Scarpa ... Clerk
- Massimo Sarchielli ... Chef
- Osvaldo Salvi ... Necrophyle man
- Lisa Biondi ... Necrophyle woman
- Enrico Grazioli ... Taxi driver
- Mario Pardi ... Thief
- Valeria Cavalli ... Woman on the street
- Rocco Cosentino ... Shop assistant
- Sergio Cosentino ... Shop assistant
- Aldo Izzo ... Client
- Riccardo Magherini ... Client in store of Loredana
- Rosanna Olmo ... Dubber
- Regina Stagnitti ... Actress in movie
- Lidia Biondi