Novello Novelli
Also Known As: Novellantonio Novelli
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Poggibonsi, Tuscany, Italy
Adult: No
Birthday: March 02, 1930
Age: 95 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: January 10, 2018
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The Pool Hustlers
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1983-03-11
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Casablanca, Casablanca
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1985-02-16
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Mr. Fifteen Balls
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1998-09-25
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La mia vita a stelle e strisce
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2003-10-13
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Benvenuti in casa Gori
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1990-10-19
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Caruso Pascoski (di padre polacco)
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1988-12-16
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Blame it on Paradise
Overview: 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
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1985-12-19
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Us Real Men, We Hard Men
Overview: Mario, a tram-driver, and Silvio, a banker, make friends in the group of participants in a survival training course.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1987-02-12
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Bonus Malus
Overview: The life of a rootless insurance agent starts falling apart.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1993-11-07
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Maramao
Overview: A coming-of-age story in which a young boy resists the adult world and the inevitable loss of the joys of childhood, while experiencing his sexual awakening during a summer vacation of an island.
Genres: Romance Family
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1987-06-01
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Zitti e mosca
Overview: In a small Tuscan village that's waiting for the local festival to commence, amidst confusion about the fall of Communism, the lives of some dazed characters intertwine.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1991-09-21
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OcchioPinocchio
Overview: A man with cognitive problems lives and works in a hospice. One day an American banker discovers that the man is his son.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1994-12-25
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Cenci in Cina
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 2009-03-26
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Stregati
Overview: Lorenzo is the conductor of Radio Strega's night show, making up false court sentences for those who suffer from insomnia.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1986-12-19
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Via Varsavia
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Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2006-03-12
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Francesco Nuti… e vengo da lontano
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2010-11-05
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Son contento
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1983-11-09
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Un altr'anno e poi cresco
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2001-07-06
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Allullo drom
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1992-10-23
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Dear Goddamned Friends
Overview: In 1944 Tuscany, a group of boxers struggling through World War II stages rigged matches to earn money and travel, accompanied by a missing black American soldier and a girl resisting marriage, as they navigate the challenges of their war-torn world.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1994-03-04
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Un posto tranquillo
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Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2003-02-09
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Ridere fino a volare
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2012-01-28
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Miracolo italiano
Overview: 7 segments about life in 1990s Italy: two MPs from the opposite sides of the political spectrum spend the night together; during their honeymoon, a woman cheats on her husband with her favorite soap opera star; a married man pretends to be ill to seduce his younger nurse; a family discovers that their son's beautiful fiancée is transgender; an unsatisfied single woman is duped by her celebrity crush for Kevin Costner; two best friends want to have fun; a couple on a tropical holiday is fascinated by their indigenous masseuse.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1994-12-21
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Willy Signori e vengo da lontano
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1989-12-20
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Musica per vecchi animali
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 1989-11-16
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Ad ovest di Paperino
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1982-02-24
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Crimes and Perfumes
Overview: Eddy is the detective of a general store. His girl is Barbara who works in the same store. Barbara receives a gift, a bottle of scent, and later she dies burned. Police detective Turoni begins to investigate and Eddy, wanting to revenge Barbara, does the same. Another girl, Porzia, is murdered in the same way and Eddy finds out that the motive of the crimes dates back some fifteen years.
Genres: Thriller Horror Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1988-06-26
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What a Ghostly Silence There Is Tonight
Overview: A day of surreal adventures of the shy protagonist Francesco.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1982-09-01
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Gli Inaffidabili
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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I Love Andrea
Overview: Dado likes the beautiful Francesca who likes Andrea, a girl that lives with her.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2000-11-27
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Cuore in gola
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Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1988-12-08
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Cuore in gola
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Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1988-12-08
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Daddy, Don't Blush
Overview: Tullio Venturini, a retired widower, has a daughter, Anna, who is an actress. However, he is the only one not to know that she works in the porn industry.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1993-03-05
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Albergo Roma
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1996-09-27
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Caino e Caino
Overview: After the death of their industrialist father leaves them each with 49% of his company shares, two quarrelling brothers go to war for the remaining 2%.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1993-02-12
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Ritorno a casa Gori
Overview: Matriarch Adele's death prompts an unexpected and often incendiary reunion for the large Gori family – unaware that inside her coffin lie also the stolen goods of a robbery by her son Danilo.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1996-10-18
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L'ombra della sera
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Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1994-03-16
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Vincere per vincere
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Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1990-04-09
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