Lezioni di volo

Lezioni di volo

2007 · 106 min · ★ 6.3 · Drama, Comedy

A pair of teen friends – known as "Chicken & Curry" because they are virtually inseparable – fail their high school finals and try to cover it by claiming that Curry is in the midst of an identity crisis that can only be solved by a visit to his ancestral homeland, India. While the ruse works wonderfully on their parents, this impromptu journey of self-discovery takes an unexpected detour when Curry locates his biological sister and remains captivated by the country he first despised, and Chicken falls for an older doctor working for Médecins Sans Frontières.

Directed by Francesca Archibugi · Written by Francesca Archibugi

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Giovanna Mezzogiorno Chiara Della Notte
Andrea Miglio Risi Apollonio 'Pollo'
Tom Angel Kharumaty Marco 'Curry'
Anna Galiena Pollo's mother
Flavio Bucci Pollo's father
Roberto Citran Curry's father
Archie Panjabi Sharmila
Mariano Rigillo Rabbi
Douglas Henshall Aarto
Angela Finocchiaro Curry's mother

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