To Want to Fly

{{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

Category:1991 films

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 set in Milan

Category:Films directed by Maurizio Nichetti

Category:Films scored by Manuel De Sica

Category:Films about animation

Category:1991 comedy films

Category:1990s Italian films