To Want to Fly

Volere volare
Theatrical release poster.
Directed by	Guido Manuli Maurizio Nichetti
Produced by	Mario Cecchi Gori Vittorio Cecchi Gori Ernesto Di Sabro
Written by	Guido Manuli Maurizio Nichetti
Starring	Maurizio Nichetti Angela Finocchiaro Mariella Valentini Patrizio Roversi
Music by	Manuel De Sica Peter Westheimer
Cinematography	Mario Battistoni
Edited by	Rita Rossi
Distributed by	Fine Line Features
Release date	1 March 1991
Running time	94 min.
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

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 for old American cartoons. Martina is a social worker who charges harmless men with unusual desires. 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 on IMDb
• Volere volare at AllMovie