To Want to Fly

CinematographyMario BattistoniEdited byRita RossiMusic byManuel De Sica
Peter WestheimerDistributed byVariety Distribution94 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
• Volere volare at AllMovie
• Volere volare at Variety Distribution