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|

| 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