To Want to Fly
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{{Infobox film
| name = Volere volare
| image = Volere Volare.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster.
| director = Guido Manuli
Maurizio Nichetti
| producer = Mario Cecchi Gori
Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Ernesto Di Sabro
| writer = Guido Manuli
Maurizio Nichetti
| narrator =
| starring = {{Plainlist|
- Maurizio Nichetti
- Angela Finocchiaro
- Mariella Valentini
- Patrizio Roversi}}
| music = Manuel De Sica
Peter Westheimer
| cinematography = Mario Battistoni
| editing = Rita Rossi
| studio = Pentafilm - Bambù
| distributor = Variety Distribution (Italy)
Fine Line Features (United States)
| released = {{Film date|1991|03|01|df=yes}}
| runtime = 94 min.
| country = Italy
| language = Italian
| budget =
| gross =
}}
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
- {{ill|Patrizio Roversi|it}} ... Patrizio
- Remo Remotti ... The 'Child'
- Mario Gravier ... Architect at Home #1
- Luigi Gravier ... Architect at Home #2
- Renato Scarpa ... Clerk
- {{ill|Massimo Sarchielli|it}} ... 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
- {{ill|Sergio Cosentino|it}} ... Shop assistant
- {{ill|Aldo Izzo|it}} ... Client
- {{ill|Riccardo Magherini|it}} ... Client in store of Loredana
- Rosanna Olmo ... Dubber
- Regina Stagnitti ... Actress in movie
- Lidia Biondi
External links
- {{IMDb title|0103223|Volere volare}}
- [https://www.varietydistribution.it/en/catalogue/to-want-to-fly/ Volere volare] at Variety Distribution
{{Maurizio Nichetti}}
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Category:Commedia all'italiana
Category:1990s fantasy comedy films
Category:Italian animated feature films
Category:1990s Italian-language films
Category:Films with live action and animation
Category:Films directed by Maurizio Nichetti
Category:Films scored by Manuel De Sica
Category:Films about animation
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