Nanni Loy
Biography: Nanni Loy (born Giovanni Loi; 23 October 1925 – 21 August 1995) was an Italian film, theatre and TV director. Specifically, Nanni Loy was Sardinian, and one of several notable Sardinian film makers, including Franco Solinas. Loy was born in Cagliari, Sardinia: his father was Guglielmo Loy-Donà, a lawyer issue from a distinguished Sardinian-Venetian family, and his mother was the noblewoman Donna Anna Sanjust of the Marquesses of Neoneli. Rosetta Loy, an Italian novelist, is his sister-in-law.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: October 23, 1925
Deathday: August 21, 1995
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Open Letter to the Evening News
1970-03-13
Open Letter to the Evening News
Overview: Hoping to shake up the complacent Italian Communist Party, a group of leftist radicals sends an incendiary letter to a major evening newspaper declaring their intention to volunteer to fight American troops in Vietnam as a political statement against the war.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-03-13
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Beautiful Families
1964-12-26
Beautiful Families
Overview: The film's theme is four episodes that offer the public a glimpse into the lives of rich and poor families in Italy in the 1960s.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-12-26
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Fantasia chez les ploucs
1971-01-15
Fantasia chez les ploucs
Overview: Sagamore Noonan vit reclu dans une ferme de l'Alabama où il distille de la gnôle au temps de la prohibition. Il reçoit la visite de son frère Doc Noonan et de son fils Billy. Une jeune strip-teaseuse et son compagnon gangster viennent troubler leur tranquillité.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-01-15
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Troubleshooters
1971-04-07
Troubleshooters
Overview: The day he is released from jail, Serge is expected by four killers sent by Count Charles Varèse assigned to make him confess where he has hidden the jewels stolen during his last stickup. On the other hand the police inspector who arrested him offers him protection on condition he gives him the same piece of information. Serge refuses and is about to be tortured by Varèse's henchmen when Michel, a friendly hood, comes to his rescue. His friendship will result in... a heap of corpses! —Guy Bellinger
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-04-07
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Complexes
1965-08-15
Complexes
Overview: In the first episode, Quirino tries to conquer co-worker Gabriella. In the second episode, Prof. Beozi ends up in a raid of the police in a local for homosexuals when trying to avoid a scandal. In the third episode, Guglielmo passes all tests in order to become reader of the television news brilliantly, although the commission works with all subtleness's to exclude him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1965-08-15
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Disobedience
1981-07-15
Disobedience
Overview: Luca Manzi is a fourteen year old boy when the Northern Italy Republic of Salò is governed by the Fascists. He becomes a partisan but when the war ends he is disappointed because things have not changed as he had hoped they wood, and he decides to let himself die. He is saved by Edith who tries to introduce him to sex. Based on the novel by Alberto Moravia.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1981-07-15
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Three Tigers Against Three Tigers
1977-11-15
Three Tigers Against Three Tigers
Overview: Don Cimbolano - a priest in a small town. Oscar - a offender escaped from prison. Philip - attorney loser. They don't lose heart and find ways out of the most incredible situations.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-11-15
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La vera vita di Antonio H.
1994-09-02
La vera vita di Antonio H.
Overview: This film depicts a series of landmark events in the life of hapless thespian Antonio Hutter (Alessandro Haber), the unfortunate fictional alter-ego of legendary actor Alessandro Haber. This surreal faux-biography begins with Hutter's birth in Bologna, Italy, and his early life in the Middle East and follows him through the highs and lows of his acting career, using a combination of interviews with real-life colleagues, archival footage and improvised scenes along the way.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1994-09-02
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Incensurato, provata disonestà, carriera assicurata cercasi
1972-12-07
Incensurato, provata disonestà, carriera assicurata cercasi
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-12-07
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