Osvaldo Salvi

Allegro Non Troppo (1976)

The film is a parody of Disney's Fantasia, though possibly more of a challenge to Fantasia than parody status would imply. In the context of this film, "Allegro non Troppo" means Not So Fast!, an interjection meaning "slow down" or "think before you act" and refers ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruno Bozzetto
CAST:  Maurizio Nichetti  •  Maurizio Micheli  •  Néstor Garay  •  Mirella Falco

The film is a parody of Disney's Fantasia, though possibly more of a challenge to Fantasia than parody status would imply. In the context of this film, "Allegro non Troppo" means Not So Fast!, an interjection meaning "slow down" or "think before you act" and refers ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruno Bozzetto
CAST:  Maurizio Nichetti  •  Maurizio Micheli  •  Néstor Garay  •  Mirella Falco

Tomorrow We Dance (1982)

Aliens send a hypnotic signal through a TV channel, and the signal makes people dance and makes them forget their fears.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurizio Nichetti
CAST:  Maurizio Nichetti  •  Mariangela Melato  •  Paolo Stoppa  •  Silvano Piccardi

Aliens send a hypnotic signal through a TV channel, and the signal makes people dance and makes them forget their fears.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurizio Nichetti
CAST:  Maurizio Nichetti  •  Mariangela Melato  •  Paolo Stoppa  •  Silvano Piccardi

To Want to Fly (1991)

Maurizio works in a dubbing studio and puts sound effects into cartoons. One day his hands turn into cartoon ones, with a life of their own.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurizio Nichetti  •  Guido Manuli
CAST:  Maurizio Nichetti  •  Angela Finocchiaro  •  Patrizio Roversi  •  Mariella Valentini

Maurizio works in a dubbing studio and puts sound effects into cartoons. One day his hands turn into cartoon ones, with a life of their own.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurizio Nichetti  •  Guido Manuli
CAST:  Maurizio Nichetti  •  Angela Finocchiaro  •  Patrizio Roversi  •  Mariella Valentini

Nero (1992)

Right after she moves in with him, Frederico's new girlfriend Francesca sends him back to her former boyfriend's apartment to fetch her something she forgot - but he's surprised to find him lying there - dead. Assuming that Francesca killed him and sent him for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giancarlo Soldi
CAST:  Sergio Castellitto  •  Chiara Caselli  •  Luis Molteni  •  Carlo Colnaghi

Right after she moves in with him, Frederico's new girlfriend Francesca sends him back to her former boyfriend's apartment to fetch her something she forgot - but he's surprised to find him lying there - dead. Assuming that Francesca killed him and sent him for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giancarlo Soldi
CAST:  Sergio Castellitto  •  Chiara Caselli  •  Luis Molteni  •  Carlo Colnaghi

Snowball (1995)

Snowball, a dolphin, gets into trouble when it swallows a bottle with the records of pension payments owed to Billy Bolla, an aged cruise ship entertainer. If the performer cannot quickly catch Snowball and induce him to produce the papers, he will have no retirement.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurizio Nichetti
CAST:  Paolo Villaggio  •  Alessandro Haber  •  Leo Gullotta  •  Monica Bellucci

Snowball, a dolphin, gets into trouble when it swallows a bottle with the records of pension payments owed to Billy Bolla, an aged cruise ship entertainer. If the performer cannot quickly catch Snowball and induce him to produce the papers, he will have no retirement.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurizio Nichetti
CAST:  Paolo Villaggio  •  Alessandro Haber  •  Leo Gullotta  •  Monica Bellucci