To Want to Fly

1991 Italian film
  • Maurizio Nichetti
  • Angela Finocchiaro
  • Mariella Valentini
  • Patrizio Roversi
CinematographyMario BattistoniEdited byRita RossiMusic byManuel De Sica
Peter Westheimer
Production
company
Pentafilm - Bambù
Distributed byVariety Distribution
Release date
  • 1 March 1991 (1991-03-01)
Running time
94 min.CountryItalyLanguageItalian

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.

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

External links

  • Volere volare at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • Volere volare at AllMovie
  • Volere volare at Variety Distribution
  • v
  • t
  • e
Maurizio Nichetti
Films directed
Other works


Stub icon

This article related to an Italian comedy film of the 1990s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e