''Sognando la California'' () is a 1992 Italian

comedy Comedy is a genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. Origins Comedy originated in ancient Greec ...

film directed by

Carlo Vanzina Carlo Vanzina (13 March 1951 – 8 July 2018) was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter. Vanzina was born in Rome, the son of Maria Teresa Nati and film director Stefano Vanzina and brother of Enrico Vanzina. Many of his project ...

Cast

Massimo Boldi Massimo Antonio Boldi (born 23 July 1945) is an Italian stand-up comedian and actor. Biography Boldi was born in Luino on 23 July 1945. In 1955 his family moved to Milan, where he joined evening classes and began working as a window-dresser ...

as Lorenzo Colombo *

Nino Frassica Antonino "Nino" Frassica (born 11 December 1950) is an Italian actor, comedian and television personality. Biography and career Born in Messina, Sicily, Frassica is mostly known for his deadpan humour, characterized by absurd jokes he descri ...

as Antonio Castagna *

Antonello Fassari Antonello Fassari (4 October 1952 – 5 April 2025) was an Italian actor and comedian. Life and career Antonello Fassari was born in Rome, where he practiced gymnastics at a competitive level until age 18. In the mid-1970s he attended the Silvi ...

as Giovanni Sbariggia *

Maurizio Ferrini Maurizio Ferrini (born 12 April 1953) is an Italian actor and television personality. Biography Ferrini was born in Cesena, Italy, in 1953. He made his artistic debut in '' Quelli della notte'', starring alongside Renzo Arbore and establishin ...

as Silvio Morandi *

Bo Derek Bo Derek (born Mary Cathleen Collins; November 20, 1956) is an American actress and model. She began her career as a child model before deciding to pursue acting on the advice of a talent agent she met through actress Ann-Margret, who was acqua ...

as herself *Francesca Reggiani as Cinzia Morechini *Renato Pareti as Bepi *Irene Lovborg as the girl at the airport *Scott Bray as an Italian tourist

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* 1992 films Films directed by Carlo Vanzina 1990s Italian-language films 1992 comedy films Italian comedy films 1990s Italian films Foreign films set in the United States {{1990s-Italy-film-stub