Maurizio Nichetti
Biography: Maurizio Nichetti (born 8 May 1948) is an Italian film screenwriter, actor and director. His 1989 film The Icicle Thief won the Golden St. George at the 16th Moscow International Film Festival.[1] In 1998 he was a member of the jury at the 48th Berlin International Film Festival. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 08, 1948
Deathday: N/A
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Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno
1984-12-22
Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno
Overview: During the reign of King Alboin, the peasant Bertoldo, sly and smart, manages to always get away with pranks and pleasantires with great mastery, and, even if his clumsy wife Marcolfa and their foolish son Bertoldino always put him in trouble, his shrewdness and acumen save him from any unfortunate situation...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1984-12-22
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Ratataplan
1979-01-01
Ratataplan
Overview: Misadventures of Colombo, an engineer in Milano. He is the only winner of an admission test for a job, and just for this reason he isn't hired. So he becomes a barman, and he discovers a special formula that turns simple water into the "Immortality drink". He is robbed of the magic water copyright. So he tries to set up a theatrical company, but the first show is a fiasco. Since finding a normal job seems a mission impossible, he tries to set the sentimental side of his life. He targets the most beautiful girl of his building, and for her he builds a robot able to dance like Tony Manero (John Travolta's character in Saturday Night Fever (1977)). The robot gets drunk (!). It is another fiasco. So he targets an ugly girl and finally with her succeeds to live his surreal world for ever.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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Stefano Quantestorie
1993-05-26
Stefano Quantestorie
Overview: Stefano is now forty years old but has not yet found his purpose in life, remaining an eternal dreamer waiting for that decisive enlightenment. With his parents who have great plans for him, Stefano realizes that he lost most of his years without a real goal and thinks back to all those missed opportunities that could have led him to another path, between old loves and unexploited opportunities .
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1993-05-26
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Tomorrow We Dance
1982-09-09
Tomorrow We Dance
Overview: Aliens send a hypnotic signal through a TV channel, and the signal makes people dance and makes them forget their fears.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1982-09-09
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To Want to Fly
1991-03-01
To Want to Fly
Overview: Maurizio works in a dubbing studio and puts sound effects into cartoons. One day his hands turn into cartoon ones, with a life of their own.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1991-03-01
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Luna e l'altra
1996-11-15
Luna e l'altra
Overview: Luna is an endearingly prudish teacher in Milan, who lives with her grumpy father. Often teased by students and co-workers alike, her only ally is the janitor, Angelo, who harbors a secret crush on Luna. When a carnival comes to town, Luna meets a man who possesses a magic lamp, which he uses to free her "shadow self." This doppelganger is Luna's polar opposite, whose presence poses both a problem and an opportunity for Luna.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1996-11-15
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Ho fatto splash
1980-10-30
Ho fatto splash
Overview: Maurizio wakes up after sleeping for twenty years and goes to live with his cousin Carlina, who shares her apartment with two other women: one an actress, the other unemployed.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1980-10-30
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S.O.S.
1979-01-01
S.O.S.
Overview: Expect the unexpected in this unusual short that combines live action and animation.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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Magic Show
1978-01-01
Magic Show
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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Morto Troisi, viva Troisi!
1982-01-21
Morto Troisi, viva Troisi!
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1982-01-21
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Allegro non troppo
1976-03-12
Allegro non troppo
Overview: The film is a parody of Disney's Fantasia, though possibly more of a challenge to Fantasia than parody status would imply. In the context of this film, "Allegro non Troppo" means Not So Fast!, an interjection meaning "slow down" or "think before you act" and refers to the film's pessimistic view of Western progress (as opposed to the optimism of Disney's original).
Genres: Fantasy Animation Drama Comedy Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-03-12
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The Icicle Thief
1989-02-16
The Icicle Thief
Overview: Director Maurizio Nichetti is invited on TV to introduce a screening of his neo-realist classic 'The Icicle Thief'. He is horrified to discover that his black-and-white tale of life in poverty is constantly interrupted by garish color commercials, and even more horrified when a power cut in the studio causes film and commercials to mix up – a glamorous model finds herself in the arms of an unemployed pauper, while his wife finds herself in consumers' heaven. Nichetti has to break into the film to try to sort everything out.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1989-02-16
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C'era una volta il prossimamente
2014-04-22
C'era una volta il prossimamente
Overview: A passionate cavalcade through decades of "coming attractions"
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-04-22
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Hearts and Armour
1983-09-21
Hearts and Armour
Overview: Love during wartime blossoms between crusader Bradamante—a female knight wearing an invincible suit of armor—and Moorish prince Ruggero. A sorceress predicts to Bradamante that her beloved will die in battle at the hand of a fellow Christian paladin, Rolando, whom in turn is in love with Isabella, Ruggero's sister.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1983-09-21
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Somewhere
2010-09-03
Somewhere
Overview: After withdrawing to the Chateau Marmont, a passionless Hollywood actor reexamines his life when his eleven-year-old daughter surprises him with a visit.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-03
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Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
2009-09-16
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 2009-09-16
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Honolulu Baby
2001-03-23
Honolulu Baby
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2001-03-23
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Seven Sundays
1995-01-11
Seven Sundays
Overview: Dodo, a French man living in Florida, has one goal in life: Get by without working. Difficult to implement without the help of some women. Betty is one of them, and a gypsy's bride, who suddenly disappears, changing Dodo's life.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1995-01-11
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Here Come the Teachers
2018-05-01
Here Come the Teachers
Overview: The Manzoni High School in Milan is the worst in Italy. When the percentage of those promoted falls to 12%, it's time for the last resort: to entrust the classes to the worst of the available teachers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2018-05-01
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Ciao America
2002-01-01
Ciao America
Overview: Having recently earned his college degree, Lorenzo Primavera (Eddie Malavarca) leaves his home in Boston to travel to his family's ancestral homeland in Italy -- as was requested by his late grandfather. Upon arriving, Lorenzo is offered a short-term position as coach for an American-style football team by the team's manager, Giulio Fellini (Maurizio Nichetti). As the young American immerses himself in his new duties, he makes the acquaintance of Paola Angelini (Violante Placido) and the two begin a friendship that quickly blossoms into something more. In between spending time with Paola and working with the team, Lorenzo also begins investigating his own family's history and learns the reason for his grandfather's departure from Italy, as well as why his grandfather never returned to visit. As Lorenzo begins to forge an identity for himself in Italy -- not to mention strong romantic attachments to Paola -- he must eventually decide whether or not to return to the States.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-01
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Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
2005-07-17
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Overview: How the cinema industry does not respect the author's work as it was conceived, how manipulates the motion pictures in order to make them easier to watch by an undemanding audience or even how mutilates them to adapt the original formats and runtimes to the restrictive frame of the television screen and the abusive requirements of advertising. (Followed by “Filmmakers in Action.”)
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ca
Release Date: 2005-07-17
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Era la città dei cinema
2011-07-06
Era la città dei cinema
Overview: Documentary about the movie theaters of Milan.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2011-07-06
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Animeland: Racconti tra manga, anime e cosplay
2015-11-15
Animeland: Racconti tra manga, anime e cosplay
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2015-11-15
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On Our Watch
2021-10-25
On Our Watch
Overview: Arturo loses his tech job to an algorithm he created and ends up working as a delivery man, monitored by an unreasonably strict app. His only solace comes from Stella, a hologram-for-girlfriend whose free trial is running out. Unable to renew the subscription due to his financial uncertainty, Arturo decides to take a stand.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2021-10-25
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The Beach Hut
1973-01-01
The Beach Hut
Overview: An amateur photographer watches a beautiful woman emerge from a beach hut and disappear into the sea.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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What Do You Know About Me
2009-10-16
What Do You Know About Me
Overview: Until the 1970s, Italian cinema dominated the international scene, even competing with Hollywood. Then, in just a few years, came its rapid decline, the flight of our greatest producers, a crisis among the best writer-directors, the collapse of production. But what are the true causes and circumstances of this decline? In an attempt to provide an answer to this question, Di Me Cosa Ne Sai strives to depict this great cultural change. Begun as a loving examination of Italian cinema, the film transformed into a docu-drama that alternates between interviews with the great names of the past and fragments of cultural and political life of the last 30 years. It is a travel diary that shows Italy from north to south, through movie theatres; television-addicted kids; Berlusconi and Fellini; shopping centers; TV news editors; stories of impassioned film exhibitors and directors who fight for their films; and interviews with itinerant projectionists and great European directors.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2009-10-16
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AmicheMai
2025-02-27
AmicheMai
Overview: Anna Ricca is an enthusiastic veterinarian who divides her time between managing the farm and the many family roles that, in turn, make her an enamored wife, an affectionate daughter, an anxious mother, a patient grandmother. The sudden death of Gino, Anna’s sick father, provides her with the opportunity to finally free herself of her father’s caregiver, Aysè, with whom she had never gotten along. In the company of Anna, Aysè Yildirim will return to Turkey with the old bed that Gino bequeathed to her, on a journey through the Balkans that is destined to change both their lives forever.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2025-02-27
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