The cake in the sky / La torta in cielo
Italy / Color / 102' / 1973
The sun rises over the Trullo neighbourhood, in the outskirts of Rome, and a giant, mysterious flying object appears in the sky: a massive cake! As it approaches Earth, huge slices of cake fall to the ground, but the children quickly realise that they consist of nothing other but chocolate. The appearance of the strange, flying object triggers a response from the authorities and the military, as well as from the town’s candy industry mogul, who fears the alien competition. Together they try to scare people away: they claim the cake is poisonous, and they refuse to let the children speak on live shows. However, the children quickly escape the control of the authorities and re-approach the flying cake, which by now has landed on Monte Chico. Once there, they will discover something important.
Lino del Fra
Cast & Crew
- direction: Lino del Fra
- Screenplay: Luigi De Santis, Lino Del Fra, Cecilia Mangini
- Cinematography: Eliseo Caponera
- Editing: Roberto Perpignani
- music: Egisto Macchi
- Sound Design: Pietro Spadoni
- Film Cast: Paolo Villaggio, Didi Perego, Umberto D’Orsi, Franco Fabrizi, Daniela Minniti
- original language: Italian
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