Il volo
directed by Andrea Barzini


In this episode we'll see some hang-gilders flight scenes shot on Mount Cucco. The hang-gilders pilots who shot the scenes are all qualified and after a competition which took place on Mount Cucco they remained in Gubbio in order to shoot these scenes.
The actors are waiting for the shooting to begin
In the flight scenes the actors were replaced by Giulia Innella from the Forever Delta club in Bologna, Andrea Padoan from Volo Libero Scaligero in Caprino Veronese (VR), Armando Morelli from Volo Libero Monte Caio - dc Melloni from Parma and Mauro Siletto from Delta Club Pecetto in Torino, who also put their personal equipment at everyone's disposal and accepted to play as stuntmen.
F.I.V.L.
The Italian free flight federation website: they organised the convention.
The director Andrea Barzini and the screenwriters Mauro Marsili and Isabella Franconetti managed to represent, both through the dialogues and the images, the happy bustle which is typical of hang-gilders competitions, even if this subject is unusual for a thriller.
Anceschi, Cecchini and Don Matteo at the hang-gilder competition
Every scene was shot more than once because of the need to film it from different points of view and angle shots in order to have the widest choice during the cutting phase. Moreover a rough wind from the north has raged on the take off for the three-day shooting and that didn't make things easier.
Gianni Franco is the guest star of this episode: he plays the hides manufacturer Lo Monaco. Cristiano Angeletti, Denis Fasolo and Paolo De Giorgio play the pilots.

Gianni Franco
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