Francesco Nuti

Francesco Nuti

Born: May 17, 1955
Died: June 12, 2023
in Prato, Tuscany, Italy
Francesco Nuti (17 May 1955 – 12 June 2023) was an Italian actor, film director and screenwriter.

Nuti began his professional career as an actor in the late 1970s, when he took part in the cabaret group Giancattivi together with Alessandro Benvenuti and Athina Cenci. The group took part in some TV shows for RAI TV, and shot their first feature film, West of Paperino (1981), written and directed by Benvenuti.

The following year Nuti abandoned the trio and began a solo career with three movies directed by Maurizio Ponzi. Starting in 1985, he began to direct his movies, scoring an immediate success with the films "Casablanca, Casablanca" and "All the Fault of Paradise" (1985), "Stregati" (1987), "Caruso Pascoski, Son of a Pole" (1988), "Willy Signori e vengo da lontano" (1989) and "Women in Skirts" (1991).

The 1990s were however a period of decline for the Tuscan director, with unsuccessful movies such as OcchioPinocchio (1994), Mr. Fifteen Balls (1998), Io amo Andrea (2000) and Caruso, Zero for Conduct (2001). In the following years Nuti also started to suffer from depression and alcoholism.

On 2 September 2006, following a severe fall from the the stairs of his home, he had serious cerebral damage, leaving him unable to speak or move. Nuti died on 12 June 2023, at the age of 68.

Movies for Francesco Nuti...

I magnifici 4 della risata
Title: I magnifici 4 della risata
Released: October 20, 2022
Type: Movie
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Ti vogliamo bene Francesco Nuti
Title: Ti vogliamo bene Francesco Nuti
Released: May 17, 2021
Type: Movie
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Concorso di colpa
Title: Concorso di colpa
Character: Francesco De Bernardi
Released: August 25, 2005
Type: Movie
The chief commissioner of the homicide squad, with an anti-globalization activist for a son, investigates the suicide of a trade unionist – who may be connected to an unsolved political murder of the '70s.
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Caruso, zero in condotta
Title: Caruso, zero in condotta
Character: Lorenzo Caruso
Released: September 3, 2001
Type: Movie
Lorenzo Caruso is a piscologist who lives in a provincial town with his daughter Giulia, the only company since the death of his wife. Suddenly Lorenzo's life is upset by the discovery that Giulia is part of a baby gang: she steals in supermarkets, she has already collected several complaints. Everything Lorenzo has always believed in: communication, understanding, freedom with your daughter is in crisis.
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I Love Andrea
Title: I Love Andrea
Character: Dado
Released: November 27, 2000
Type: Movie
Dado likes the beautiful Francesca who likes Andrea, a girl that lives with her.
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Mr. Fifteen Balls
Title: Mr. Fifteen Balls
Character: Francesco
Released: September 25, 1998
Type: Movie
Francesco is a Tuscan who is very good at playing American pool, so much so that he is nicknamed "Mr. Quindicipalle", for the time he performed the unlikely feat of pocketing fifteen (quindici) balls (palle) in one shot, using the wooden handle of a broom as his cue stick. Francesco is also an experienced womanizer, like his recently deceased father. Indeed, Francesco meets the woman of his dreams at his father's funeral – a prostitute who calls herself Sissi. The two fall in love, and so Francesco thinks she might be a lucky charm for him, in his training for a big pool tournament. But Sissi frequently infuriates Francesco, compromising his skill and his training for the tournament.
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OcchioPinocchio
Title: OcchioPinocchio
Character: Pinocchio
Released: December 25, 1994
Type: Movie
A man with cognitive problems lives and works in a hospice. One day an American banker discovers that the man is his son.
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Donne con le gonne
Title: Donne con le gonne
Character: Renzo Calabrese
Released: December 20, 1991
Type: Movie
Renzo falls in love with feminist Margherita, too emancipated for him: they start a troubled relationship until he kidnaps her, forcing her to be an housewife devoted to her husband.
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Willy Signori e vengo da lontano
Title: Willy Signori e vengo da lontano
Character: Willy Signori
Released: December 20, 1989
Type: Movie
Willy is involved in a fatal car accident. Willy takes on the responsibility of supporting the dead man's pregnant girlfriend and the child, after it's birth.
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Caruso Pascoski (di padre polacco)
Title: Caruso Pascoski (di padre polacco)
Character: Caruso Pascoski
Released: December 16, 1988
Type: Movie
Psychiatrist Caruso is arguably as nutty as his patients. He can remember at two years old being completely besotted by the charms of a naked girl. Even today, he can think of little else besides sex, sex, sex.
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Stregati
Title: Stregati
Character: Lorenzo
Released: December 19, 1986
Type: Movie
Lorenzo is the conductor of Radio Strega's night show, making up false court sentences for those who suffer from insomnia.
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Blame it on Paradise
Title: Blame it on Paradise
Character: Romeo Casamonica
Released: December 19, 1985
Type: Movie
A former convict discovers that his son has been adopted by a couple living on the mountains and tries to establish a contact with him
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Casablanca Casablanca
Title: Casablanca Casablanca
Character: Francesco Piccioli detto "Il Toscano"
Released: February 16, 1985
Type: Movie
Francesco forgot billiards because now he lives with Chiara. She is a musician and she would like to become famous. Francesco is different: he found in her the reason of his life. But when she accepts a job far from home, Francesco comes back to billiards.
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Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
Title: Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
Character: Self
Released: September 8, 1984
Type: Movie
A film of Enrico Berlinguer's funeral in Rome, briefly tracing his career as leader of the Italian Communist Party.
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Son contento
Title: Son contento
Character: Francesco Giglio
Released: November 9, 1983
Type: Movie
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The Pool Hustlers
Title: The Pool Hustlers
Character: Francesco Piccioli detto "Il Toscano"
Released: March 11, 1983
Type: Movie
Francesco, nicknamed 'Toscano', is a very good pool player but he never wins when he plays for money. He meets Chiara, a saxophone player, on a late night bus by swapping his case containing the cue with her one, containing the sax. The two fall in love, but in the meantime Francesco loses a big amount of money playing versus 'Scuro', the long-time Italian champion. His only chance to pay the debt is to win the Italian Championships.
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Madonna che silenzio c'è stasera
Title: Madonna che silenzio c'è stasera
Character: Francesco
Released: September 1, 1982
Type: Movie
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Ad ovest di Paperino
Title: Ad ovest di Paperino
Character: Francesco
Released: February 24, 1982
Type: Movie
It is the first film of the comedy trio "I GianCattivi", formed by Athina Cenci, Francesco Nuti and Benvenuti, who won the Nastro d'Argento for Best New Director. The film is set in Florence, Tuscany, with some scenes shot in Prato.The title is an inside joke that refers to the Tuscan village of Paperino, which is a district of Prato; the film's surreal and grotesque undertones are also hinted by the title itself, since "Paperino" is also the Italian name for Donald Duck.