| Volere volare | |
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![]() Theatrical release poster.  | |
| Directed by | Guido Manuli Maurizio Nichetti  | 
| Written by | Guido Manuli Maurizio Nichetti  | 
| Produced by | Mario Cecchi Gori Vittorio Cecchi Gori Ernesto Di Sabro  | 
| Starring | 
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| Cinematography | Mario Battistoni | 
| Edited by | Rita Rossi | 
| Music by | Manuel De Sica Peter Westheimer  | 
Production company  | Pentafilm - Bambù  | 
| Distributed by | Variety Distribution | 
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 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
 
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