![]() ![]() But when push comes to shove, once the course is over, will our heroes manage to keep their seatbelts fastened? So AnnaBì signs up to a course devised by Italy’s flagship airline for people with a fear of flying (yes, these courses really do exist), a kind of group therapy where she meets a host of other scaredy-cats just like her – played by Giulia Michelini, Pietro Ragusa, Euridice Axen and various others – who place themselves in the hands of Captain Eugenio ( Francesco Colella) and psychologist Ilaria ( Vanessa Compagnucci) in order to overcome their phobia and fulfil their dreams on the other side of the world. ![]() How can she allow the young woman travel all on her own and not help her take such an important step? The decision then made by her daughter Serena ( Caterina De Angelis, Buy’s real-life daughter) to go and study in the USA is the straw that breaks the camel’s back. The latter agrees to take a job on the umpteenth season of a popular TV series, to keep her agent happy, but when she learns that the role in the Korean film has gone to her arch rival ( Elena Sofia Ricci, playing herself), something snaps inside of AnnaBì. Written by the director alongside Doriana Leondeff (a regular collaborator of Soldini and Mazzacurati) and Antonio Leotti ( Radio Arrow, Johnny the Partisan, Dogworld ), the film initially homes in on AnnaBì’s problem, before widening its scope to an array of supporting characters who have the same frustrating, human phobia of being suspended high up in the air.ĪnnaBì’s agent, Mariolina ( Anna Bonaiuto), is tired of losing jobs abroad (and money) on account of an actress who descends into panic every time she sees an aeroplane. But Buy injects a generous dose of light-heartedness into her directorial debut, a comedy about the fear of flying, whose lead actress (who’s worked with Moretti, Bellocchio and Ozpetek, among many others) was able to give free rein to her comic talent and clearly really enjoyed herself directing the movie, surrounded by an extensive cast composed of her friends. ![]()
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