Lezioni di volo (2007)

Director:

Francesca Archibugi

Writers:

Francesca Archibugi (writer) &
Doriana Leondeff (writer)

Release Date:

16 March 2007 (Italy)

Genre:

Drama

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Giovanna Mezzogiorno	...	Chiara Della Notte
Andrea Miglio Risi	...	Pollo
Anna Galiena	...	Madre di Pollo
Angela Finocchiaro	...	Annalisa
Flavio Bucci	...	Leone, padre di Pollo
Roberto Citran	...	Stefano
Tom Angel Kharumaty	...	Curry (as Tom Kharumaty)
Manuela Spartà	...	Monica
Maria Paiato	...	Grassoccia
Riccardo Zinna
Douglas Henshall	...	Aarto, Chiara's husband
Mariano Rigillo	...	Rabbino
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mary Egnas	...	Sister Evelyn
Suresh Jain	...	Poliziotto stazione Jodhpur
Alina John	...	Sorella di Curry
Riyaz Khan	...	Giocatore cricket
Nirmala Knichi	...	Tara
Hanhan Satish Kumar	...	Medico delle facility director
Jaishree Kumari	...	Donna Anziana Fabbrica
Raffaella Lebboroni	...	Cliente antiquario
Maqsood	...	Chiara's driver
Rosanna Mason	...	Anja
Archie Panjabi	...	Sharmila
Massimo Rosa	...	Cliente antiquario
Surujit Singh
Amitabh Srivastava	...	Murali
Devi Sukumari
Suman	...	Donna 'Bindi'
Sattar Syed	...	Uomo stazione polizia
Morwen W. Thomson	...	Bimbo di chiara
Krishnan Unni	...	Fryer
Sabina Vannucchi
Joseph Varghese	...	Jewish indian

Also Known As:

Flying Lessons (International: English title)

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

Italy | France | UK | India

Language:

Italian | English | Hindi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Filming Locations:

Delhi, India

Company:

Cattleya

Trivia:

Both Valeria Golino and Sophie Marceau were attached to the project; they dropped it out some months before shooting started.

a light glance on growth, love and maybe life

I like Francesca Archibugi since "Mignon è partita" and "Verso sera" (with the magic Marcello Mastroianni), her eye looks always deeply inside growth and relations between youth people and adult ones - but she's also able to take light glances on life and problems... I loved this movie too, despite stupidity and non-sensitivity of Rome's teenagers... but then India and Kerala surely take the audience to a wiser vision of life, and love can make (A)Pollo(nio)'s young heart to do the right thing and call back Chiara's husband... OK I think it's clear I don't like the simple equation cinema=amusement - but this film contains also funny situations and a little humour... and Chiara-Giovanna Mezzogiorno shows all of her wonderful beauty, as well as Angela Finocchiaro acts at her best - unfortunately the role just can't permit Anna Galliena to do the same... PS I think I saw a child delivery for the first time on a movie screen: and this made me love "Lezioni di volo" even more!