Marco Messeri

Marco Messeri

Born: December 15, 1951
in Livorno, Italy

Movies for Marco Messeri...

Title: Fading Gigolo
Released: December 21, 2023
Type: TV
When his father Giacomo comes back into his life after a heart attack, Alfonso has to cope with a life-changing truth: his father is a gigolo. After a series of unfortunate events, Alfonso is forced to follow in his father's footsteps.
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Da grandi
Title: Da grandi
Character: Nonno
Released: April 29, 2023
Type: Movie
Marco, Tato, Serena, and Leo are nine years old, and they are inseparable friends, ready to defend each other from their schoolmates’ bullying. On the evening of Marco's birthday, all four find themselves together to blow out the candles and unknowingly make the same wish: become adults. In one night's time, they find themselves magically the same age as their parents, but with the same behaviour and thoughts they have as kids.
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Title: Fosca Innocenti
Character: il barbone Manrico Giudici
Released: February 11, 2022
Type: TV
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Title: Fosca Innocenti
Character: Ricky
Released: February 11, 2022
Type: TV
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Marilyn's Eyes
Title: Marilyn's Eyes
Character: Aldo
Released: October 14, 2021
Type: Movie
Clara and Diego, under the guidance of the psychiatrist of a day rehabilitation center for disturbed people who attend, decide to transform the treatment center into a restaurant, involving all their other companions.
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18 Presents
Title: 18 Presents
Character: Nonno
Released: January 2, 2020
Type: Movie
Elisa is only forty when an incurable disease takes her from her husband and their daughter. Before her heart stops, Elisa finds a way to stay close to her: a gift for every birthday up to her adult age, 18 gifts to try to accompany her child's growth year after year.
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Metti una notte
Title: Metti una notte
Character: Il Grande Stellini
Released: August 30, 2018
Type: Movie
Martino, a young entomologist in a sentimental crisis, returns to Rome to find his beloved uncle. As soon as he arrives, his uncle asks him to babysit the daughter of some friends. Once arrived at Linda's home, the little girl, Martino finds out that along with her there is also Lulù, her eccentric and unpredictable grandmother. Everything becomes more complicated when Martino receives the phone call of Tea, an old love encountered by accident right that afternoon. The woman is in danger and asks him for help. Martino, excited about the idea of saving her, is forced to bring the grandmother and child into a series of adventures and misadventures, encounters and unforeseen events, around a nocturnal Rome, seeking a new love.
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Title: A Family Tale
Character: Vanni
Released: January 8, 2018
Type: TV
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Like Crazy
Title: Like Crazy
Character: Floriano Morelli
Released: May 17, 2016
Type: Movie
Two mental patients with opposite personalities ditch their Tuscan hospital and embark on an unpredictable exploration of the real world.
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Basta poco
Title: Basta poco
Released: April 29, 2015
Type: Movie
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Good for Nothing
Title: Good for Nothing
Character: Raffaele
Released: October 23, 2014
Type: Movie
Easygoing Gianni looks forward to retirement - until he is informed that a change in the law obliges him to work three more years. Faced with the outrageous possibility of having to do a full day's work, he sets about finding a way to achieve a quiet life
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Non è mai troppo tardi
Title: Non è mai troppo tardi
Character: Volpicelli
Released: February 24, 2014
Type: Movie
Alberto Manzi is twenty years old and wants to be a teacher. He gets the job at a juvenile correctional facility, to then get transfered to a proper school, who he deems inadequate. At that time the public broadcasting network Rai decides to realize a program to educate millions of Italians.
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Brain Drain
Title: Brain Drain
Character: Alfredo's Father
Released: November 21, 2013
Type: Movie
Five deadbeat, sex-crazed friends forge their resumes to enroll in the prestigious University of Oxford to help one of them end up with the girl he's in love with.
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The Referee
Title: The Referee
Character: Candido
Released: September 12, 2013
Type: Movie
An ambitious soccer referee ends up handling a crucial match between two small Sardinian teams
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Una notte agli studios
Title: Una notte agli studios
Released: May 30, 2013
Type: Movie
Two goofy extras enroll to a weird audition for a big 3D production
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The Unlikely Prince
Title: The Unlikely Prince
Character: Re
Released: February 9, 2013
Type: Movie
Needing good PR, a snooty princess orchestrates a brief romance with an ordinary guy. But the schlub she picks proves more resourceful than expected.
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Title: Mary of Nazareth
Character: Zacharias
Released: April 1, 2012
Type: TV
An investigation into the fascinating universe that surrounds the figure of Mary of Nazareth.
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Tutta colpa della musica
Title: Tutta colpa della musica
Character: Giuseppe
Released: September 9, 2011
Type: Movie
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La Passione
Title: La Passione
Character: Del Ghianda
Released: September 24, 2010
Type: Movie
To avoid being sued, a film director reluctantly agrees to set up and direct the Good Friday celebrations in a small Tuscan town.
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Alta Infedeltà
Title: Alta Infedeltà
Character: Vito
Released: February 26, 2010
Type: Movie
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The First Beautiful Thing
Title: The First Beautiful Thing
Character: Il Nesi
Released: January 15, 2010
Type: Movie
The film tells the story of the Michelucci family, from the nineteen-seventies to the present day: the central character is the stunningly beautiful Anna, the lively, frivolous and sometimes embarrassing mother of Bruno and Valeria. Everything begins in the Summer of 1971, at the annual Summer beauty pageant held at Livorno’s most popular bathing establishment. Anna is unexpectedly crowned “Most Beautiful Mother”, unwittingly stirring the violent jealousy of her husband. From then on, chaos strikes the family and for Anna, Bruno and his sister Valeria, it is the start of an adventure that will only end thirty years later.
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L'ultimo Crodino
Title: L'ultimo Crodino
Character: Il commissario
Released: March 18, 2009
Type: Movie
Ambientato in Val di Susa e tratto da un fatto di cronaca realmente accaduto, il film narra le vicende di due onesti lavoratori che, assillati dai debiti e dall'ansia per il futuro, decidono di provare il colpo della vita. I due organizzano dunque un rapimento, ma non avendo il coraggio di rapire una persona viva, decidono di rapire un morto, ma uno importante, per poter chiedere il riscatto. Ed è così che un operaio, soprannominato Pes (Enzo Iacchetti) e un piccolo imprenditore, soprannominato Crodino (Ricky Tognazzi) si trovano a trafugare la salma di Enrico Cuccia, noto finanziere. Pur nella loro ingenuità e totale inesperienza, i due riescono, senza neanche rendersene conto, a tenere in scacco per giorni le forze dell'ordine e a scomodare perfino i servizi segreti.
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The Last in the Class
Title: The Last in the Class
Character: il preside
Released: May 16, 2008
Type: Movie
Michele is not so successful at school, and with the girls he is desperately unlucky. To bring up grades parents hired him a tutor. While browsing the Internet, Michele discovered that his teacher posed nude for an erotic calendar. In exchange for good grades Michele agrees with the beauty to recreate the photoshoot in real life ...
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La seconda volta non si scorda mai
Title: La seconda volta non si scorda mai
Character: Monsignor Guidoni
Released: April 11, 2008
Type: Movie
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Sweet Sweet Marja
Title: Sweet Sweet Marja
Character: Arturo
Released: July 27, 2007
Type: Movie
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Title: The Countess of Castiglione
Character: Camillo Benso, conte di Cavour
Released: December 3, 2006
Type: TV
Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, is an unscrupulous and beautiful woman, in love with Andrea Pieri, a patriot ready to do anything to free Italy from the foreign oppressor. Wounded during a chase, Pieri takes refuge in the castle of Virginia, which, with the approval of her husband, Count Francesco Verasis of Castiglione, takes care of him. Meanwhile, Nigra, in charge of the affairs of the Kingdom of Piedmont in Paris, discovers the relations of the countess with the subversives and sees in her the perfect tool to bring Napoleon closer to the Italian cause.
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Baciami piccina
Title: Baciami piccina
Character: Commendatore
Released: September 29, 2006
Type: Movie
7th September 1943. The honest and reliable carabiniere Umberto is sent to escort the flamboyant con man Raoul Nuvolini from Terni to Venice. Umberto's fiancée Luisa follows him against his will.
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Father Hope
Title: Father Hope
Character: Padre Leonardo
Released: April 17, 2005
Type: Movie
Don Vasari is an anti-conformist priest. For this reason he is transferred to a juvenile prison in a small town in the southern of Italy. Nino, a sixteen year old inmate, is accused of murder but Don Vasari does not believe his guilt and he starts a courageous investigation to help him.
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Tu la conosci Claudia?
Title: Tu la conosci Claudia?
Character: Vanni Maceria
Released: December 15, 2004
Type: Movie
Claudia is married with dull Giovanni. Meek Giacomo is happily divorced until he meets her. Aldo is a colorful cabbie with whom she had an affair. Who will Claudia choose?
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An Italian Romance
Title: An Italian Romance
Character: Franchino
Released: September 17, 2004
Type: Movie
Giovanni, a married man with a child, meets on a train Maria, a former lover.
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The Jokes
Title: The Jokes
Character: il chirurgo
Released: February 6, 2004
Type: Movie
In many small episodes, various characters represent the typical vices and comedy of Italian society in early 2000.
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Il pranzo della domenica
Title: Il pranzo della domenica
Character: Marchese
Released: April 29, 2003
Type: Movie
The life of Franca Malorni, exponent of the good bourgeoisie of the capital, suddenly changes when her husband dies suddenly. The woman begins to pour her attention on the three daughters, obliging them to have a Sunday lunch with their families.
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Maria Goretti
Title: Maria Goretti
Released: February 23, 2003
Type: Movie
The life of the virgin and martyr Santa Maria Goretti
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Un posto tranquillo
Title: Un posto tranquillo
Character: Mario Zonca
Released: February 9, 2003
Type: Movie
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A cavallo della tigre
Title: A cavallo della tigre
Character: Iguana
Released: November 8, 2002
Type: Movie
Security guard Guido attempts a robbery to solve his financial problems, but he's double-crossed by Antonella, the younger showgirl he left his wife for, who runs off with the money while he gets arrested. In prison, Guido is forcefully involved in the escape plans of two lifers, an old Moroccan and a Turkish gangster. Once free, he sets out to find Antonella, who has since become a TV reporter, but things get complicated...
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Title: Padre Pio: Between Heaven and Earth
Character: Padre Benedetto
Released: November 12, 2000
Type: TV
The story of Padre Pio (1887-1968) from the onset of the stigmata during World War I, when he prayed that soldiers' suffering be his, until his death. The story is told by Emilia, Pio's friend, to a Vatican official reviewing Padre Pio's potential canonization. We watch local people venerate the humble Capuchin monk, we see petty jealousies within the Church almost bring him down, and we experience his decision to build a Home for the Relief of Suffering, a labor of love begun just after World War II. Emilia and her husband Dr. Sanguineti work tirelessly beside the humble but sensible Pio.
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Padre Pio: Between Heaven and Earth
Title: Padre Pio: Between Heaven and Earth
Released: November 12, 2000
Type: Movie
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Teste di cocco
Title: Teste di cocco
Character: Filippo
Released: November 3, 2000
Type: Movie
Tommaso and Pietro are two brothers who, shortly after their father's funeral, discover that the coffin is actually empty. To find out more they leave for Malaysia, where the man died, but a series of misunderstandings and false clues will take them around the world to discover other empty coffins and a father yet to be found and perhaps to know.
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Fughe da fermo
Title: Fughe da fermo
Character: Anarchico
Released: September 23, 2000
Type: Movie
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Il grande botto
Title: Il grande botto
Character: Il presidente del San Benedetto
Released: April 7, 2000
Type: Movie
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Metronotte
Title: Metronotte
Released: March 31, 2000
Type: Movie
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Title: Libero
Character: Ospite speciale
Released: January 27, 2000
Type: TV
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Title: Don Matteo
Character: Eugenio Lanza
Released: January 7, 2000
Type: TV
Don Matteo is a thoroughly ordinary Catholic priest with an extraordinary ability to read people and solve crimes. He’s a parish priest who never met an unjustly accused person he didn’t want to help.
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Il Guerriero Camillo
Title: Il Guerriero Camillo
Character: Il maresciallo dei carabinieri
Released: April 30, 1999
Type: Movie
Camillo is a thirty-year-old man who is innocent and naive. He does not speak, sees the world in black and white, and lives with two elderly puppeteers who picked him up somewhere. Camillo is a dreamer who believes he comes from a distant world, perhaps the Middle Ages. He likes to wear armor and helmets and go into the woods to fight his own private battles. His best friend is a boy with Down syndrome, the son of the town's marshal, the only one who seems to listen to the nonsense of the one who, for many, is just the village idiot. But suddenly, Camillo's adoptive parents die, and with them, the court of friends who revolved around him.
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Simpatici & antipatici
Title: Simpatici & antipatici
Character: Ugo
Released: February 20, 1998
Type: Movie
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I miei più cari amici
Title: I miei più cari amici
Character: Ascanio
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
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A spasso nel tempo - L'avventura continua
Title: A spasso nel tempo - L'avventura continua
Character: Walter Colombo/Antonio
Released: December 11, 1997
Type: Movie
The back-in-time misadventures of Walter and Ascanio are not finished. The defective time-travel machine will bring them from prehistory all the way to outer space, in a funny, light-hearted trip across the time.
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A Walk in Time
Title: A Walk in Time
Character: Lorenzo il Magnifico
Released: December 13, 1996
Type: Movie
While visiting Universal Studios in Hollywood along with their respective families, two Italian tourists get on a real time machine and got lost in time. Professor Mortimer effort to rescue them result in trips through various ages of ancient Italy.
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Intolerance
Title: Intolerance
Character: White Man (segment "La buona azione quotidiana")
Released: November 11, 1996
Type: Movie
A collective cinematic project to promote tolerance and the value of diversity.
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Vesna Goes Fast
Title: Vesna Goes Fast
Character: Il proprietario della diga
Released: September 4, 1996
Type: Movie
Czech immigrant Vesna arrives in Italy and is forced into casual prostitution by poverty. The encounter with a kind construction worker could help change her situation.
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Un inverno freddo freddo
Title: Un inverno freddo freddo
Character: Gianfrancesco
Released: February 15, 1996
Type: Movie
Film about the romantic involvements and every day life of four women working in the financially troubled Guya Valentina Beauty Salon.
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Camerieri
Title: Camerieri
Character: Agostino Rondine
Released: February 9, 1995
Type: Movie
Four waiters and a cook working at a seaside restaurant hate one another but still keep working together for lack of better opportunities.
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With Closed Eyes
Title: With Closed Eyes
Character: Domenico Rosi
Released: November 22, 1994
Type: Movie
In the Tuscan countryside at the end of the 19th century, Pietro, the shy son of a tyrannical landowner, falls in love with Ghisola, a peasant girl with no family. His father has her sent away. Years later, the two meet again: still in love with her, Pietro would like to marry her, but she has become the mistress of a married man.
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Il toro
Title: Il toro
Character: Tantini
Released: September 30, 1994
Type: Movie
After being fired from his bull breeding job without proper compensation, Franco steals a world-class bull from his former employer and smuggles it to Hungary, planning to sell it for a large sum of money.
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I Thought It Was Love
Title: I Thought It Was Love
Character: Enea
Released: December 20, 1991
Type: Movie
Tommaso goes incredible lengths to win back the love of his former girlfriend Cecilia, but sometimes things change in the most unexpected way.
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The Voyage of Captain Fracassa
Title: The Voyage of Captain Fracassa
Character: Il Marchese
Released: October 31, 1990
Type: Movie
Serafina, Pulcinella and Isabella are three lusty, beautiful members of a traveling theatrical troupe touring the French countryside in the 17th century, leaving in their wake a crop of broken hearts. This picaresque romantic comedy is based on the 1863 novel Le Capitaine Fracasse by Theophile Gauthier. In the story, the company stops at a castle owned by the scruffy young Baron de Sigognac, who is deeply smitten with the charms of the middle-aged (and somewhat morose) beauty Serafina. He decides to travel with the company, and Serafina perversely tries to get him to woo the youngest of the company, the newly bereaved Isabella.
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Palombella Rossa
Title: Palombella Rossa
Character: Padre di Michele
Released: September 15, 1989
Type: Movie
Michele is a Communist MP who loses his memory in a car crash—although nobody seems to notice. Over the course of a water polo match ahead of election day, he begins to remember his past life, revealing the picture of a man whose personal and political identity crisis mirrors the one of Italian communism.
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Il prete bello
Title: Il prete bello
Character: Nello Pannocchieschi
Released: September 15, 1989
Type: Movie
In 1939 Vicenza, a young petty thief befriends the local priest. Based on the novel by Goffredo Parise.
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Le vie del Signore sono finite
Title: Le vie del Signore sono finite
Character: Leone
Released: December 19, 1987
Type: Movie
Set in Italy during the 1920s, a barber is in a wheelchair because of a psychosomatic illness after he lost the woman he loves.
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Notte italiana
Title: Notte italiana
Character: Otello Morsiani
Released: September 4, 1987
Type: Movie
Otello Morsiani, a north-eastern-italian lawyer, takes the job of estimating land holdings on the Po Delta, which are intended to be expropriated to make way for a national park. The lawyer soon discovers that in that area, once target of methane extraction, the soil is now at risk to sink, due to hydrogeological disturbance: in the meanwhile, he also digs out a mystery tied to a death dating back twenty years before.
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Il Bi e il Ba
Title: Il Bi e il Ba
Character: Armando Maria Balestri
Released: March 7, 1986
Type: Movie
A man goes to Rome because he wants a magician to solve his problem: dandruff.
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The Mass Is Ended
Title: The Mass Is Ended
Character: Saverio
Released: November 15, 1985
Type: Movie
The young priest Father Giulio returns to Rome, his hometown, after a long pilgrimage. Don Giulio hopes to live peacefully with his family and his friends, but discovers that many of them are depressed or frustrated, and some suicidal.
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The Paramedic
Title: The Paramedic
Character: Spartaco
Released: February 7, 1982
Type: Movie
At work, Mario Millio is the only male nurse not on strike. At home, his wife is more interested in calling the hot-line of a local TV-doctor. When Mario wins 15 million Lire in the lottery, he buys himself a new car and starts to live out his dreams in secret. All goes well until a criminal steals the car and Mario is blamed for the car thief's crimes
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Morto Troisi, viva Troisi!
Title: Morto Troisi, viva Troisi!
Character: Abukir / Himself
Released: January 21, 1982
Type: Movie
The fake report about Troisi's death, with the direction of Troisi himself with Lello Arena and Anna Pavignano. A long of list people greet the comediam, from Gianni Boncompagni to Maria Giovanna Elmi. There is also Benigni, hidden behind a window, and Arena, his guardian angel.
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I'm Starting from Three
Title: I'm Starting from Three
Character: Crazy Man
Released: March 5, 1981
Type: Movie
Gaetano, a young Neapolitan, decides to leave home, work and friends, to look for other moments of life and meet other people.
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Teste di quoio
Title: Teste di quoio
Character: Piragallo
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
A group of clumsy terrorists hold a strange group of inhabitants of a compartment block hostage.
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La locandiera
Title: La locandiera
Character: Conte di Albafiorita
Released: October 2, 1980
Type: Movie
The innkeeper Mirandolina is a beautiful girl, and for her beauty the Count of Albafiorita and the Marquis of Forlimpopoli fall in love.
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L’amore e altre seghe mentali
Title: L’amore e altre seghe mentali
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie