Francesco Nuti

Acting

Francesco Nuti

Born 1955-05-17 · 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.

Acting credits

The Pool Hustlers poster
6.9

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.

The Pool Hustlers

1983

Casablanca, Casablanca poster
6.4

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.

Casablanca, Casablanca

1985

Willy Signori e vengo da lontano poster
6.3

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.

Willy Signori e vengo da lontano

1989

OcchioPinocchio poster
4.3

A man with cognitive problems lives and works in a hospice. One day an American banker discovers that the man is his son.

OcchioPinocchio

1994

Blame it on Paradise poster
6.5

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

Blame it on Paradise

1985

Mr. Fifteen Balls poster
5.6

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.

Mr. Fifteen Balls

1998

I magnifici 4 della risata poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

I magnifici 4 della risata

2022

Concorso di colpa poster
6.0

The chief commissioner of the homicide squad, with an anti-globalization activist for a son, investigates the suicide of a trade unionist that may be connected to an unsolved political murder of the '70s.

Concorso di colpa

2005

Donne con le gonne poster
6.3

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.

Donne con le gonne

1991

Son contento poster
6.2

Francesco, a young comedian, is dumped by his girlfriend and falls into a creative crisis. After several years of anonymity, he finds success with a series of shows that draw on his private life.

Son contento

1983

Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer poster
6.5

A film of Enrico Berlinguer's funeral in Rome, briefly tracing his career as leader of the Italian Communist Party.

Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer

1984

Caruso Pascoski (di padre polacco) poster
6.7

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.

Caruso Pascoski (di padre polacco)

1988

I Love Andrea poster
5.3

Dado likes the beautiful Francesca who likes Andrea, a girl that lives with her.

I Love Andrea

2000

Ti vogliamo bene Francesco Nuti poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ti vogliamo bene Francesco Nuti

2021

Ad ovest di Paperino poster
6.5

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.

Ad ovest di Paperino

1982

What a Ghostly Silence There Is Tonight poster
6.8

A day of surreal adventures of the shy protagonist Francesco.

What a Ghostly Silence There Is Tonight

1982

Stregati poster
6.3

Lorenzo is the conductor of Radio Strega's night show, making up false court sentences for those who suffer from insomnia.

Stregati

1986

Caruso, zero in condotta poster
5.4

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.

Caruso, zero in condotta

2001

Behind the camera

Oostende poster
9.0

Jim and Jeannot have not seen each other for ten years. They decide to celebrate their reunion with an impromptu weekend in Oostende, Belgium.

Oostende

1991

The Pool Hustlers poster
6.9

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.

The Pool Hustlers

1983

Casablanca, Casablanca poster
6.4

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.

Casablanca, Casablanca

1985

Casablanca, Casablanca poster
6.4

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.

Casablanca, Casablanca

1985

Willy Signori e vengo da lontano poster
6.3

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.

Willy Signori e vengo da lontano

1989

Willy Signori e vengo da lontano poster
6.3

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.

Willy Signori e vengo da lontano

1989

OcchioPinocchio poster
4.3

A man with cognitive problems lives and works in a hospice. One day an American banker discovers that the man is his son.

OcchioPinocchio

1994

OcchioPinocchio poster
4.3

A man with cognitive problems lives and works in a hospice. One day an American banker discovers that the man is his son.

OcchioPinocchio

1994

Blame it on Paradise poster
6.5

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

Blame it on Paradise

1985

Blame it on Paradise poster
6.5

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

Blame it on Paradise

1985

Mr. Fifteen Balls poster
5.6

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.

Mr. Fifteen Balls

1998

Mr. Fifteen Balls poster
5.6

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.

Mr. Fifteen Balls

1998

Benvenuti in casa Gori poster
6.8

The film is set in a house in a Tuscan landscape, has an ironic content and a Christmas frame. The film is divided into 5 episodes: The Family, The Lunch, Unexpected Pregnancy, The Videotape and Epilogue.

Benvenuti in casa Gori

1990

Donne con le gonne poster
6.3

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.

Donne con le gonne

1991

Donne con le gonne poster
6.3

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.

Donne con le gonne

1991

Son contento poster
6.2

Francesco, a young comedian, is dumped by his girlfriend and falls into a creative crisis. After several years of anonymity, he finds success with a series of shows that draw on his private life.

Son contento

1983

Caruso Pascoski (di padre polacco) poster
6.7

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.

Caruso Pascoski (di padre polacco)

1988

Caruso Pascoski (di padre polacco) poster
6.7

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.

Caruso Pascoski (di padre polacco)

1988

I Love Andrea poster
5.3

Dado likes the beautiful Francesca who likes Andrea, a girl that lives with her.

I Love Andrea

2000

I Love Andrea poster
5.3

Dado likes the beautiful Francesca who likes Andrea, a girl that lives with her.

I Love Andrea

2000

I Love Andrea poster
5.3

Dado likes the beautiful Francesca who likes Andrea, a girl that lives with her.

I Love Andrea

2000

What a Ghostly Silence There Is Tonight poster
6.8

A day of surreal adventures of the shy protagonist Francesco.

What a Ghostly Silence There Is Tonight

1982

Stregati poster
6.3

Lorenzo is the conductor of Radio Strega's night show, making up false court sentences for those who suffer from insomnia.

Stregati

1986

Stregati poster
6.3

Lorenzo is the conductor of Radio Strega's night show, making up false court sentences for those who suffer from insomnia.

Stregati

1986