A kid's birthday wish goes VERY wrong, and his crush becomes his roommate. Awkward.
Marco, a nine year old boy, is in love with his elementary teacher, and feels neglected by his workaholic parents. When they forget about his birthday he wishes he could grow up at once. This really happens and Marco begins a new life as an adult. He rents a room in his teacher's flat and she falls in love with him. He even fakes a kidnapping when he runs out of money but he is mistaken for the kidnapper.
Acting
Renato Pozzetto's physical comedy as man-child Marco.
Direction
Amurri's tonal whiplash between whimsy and wrongness.
Director
Franco Amurri
Renato Pozzetto
Marco
Joska Versari
Marco bambino
Giulia Boschi
Francesca
Ottavia Piccolo
Claudio
Alessandro Haber
Claudio
Alessandro Partexano
Tenente
Giampiero Bianchi
Zio Nicola
Costantino Meloni
Luca
Fiammetta Baralla
Proprietaria del negozio di giocattoli
Gisella Burinato
Lucia
Claudio Ciocca
Giornalaio
Alessandra Costanzo
Fioraia
Clelia Piscitello
Bidella
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released the same year as Tom Hanks' Big—this Italian version is darker and far less remembered.
Reflects 1980s Italian comedy's obsession with adult-child role reversals and socially questionable premises.
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