Francesco Nuti

Francesco Nuti ( born May 17, 1955 in Prato) is an Italian actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer.

Life

Nuti began as an amateur with acting and was discovered as a student from the comedy duo Alessandro Benvenuti and Athina Cenci, with whom he formed the group " I Giancattivi ". The success of the trio also led to numerous television appearances on shows such as " Non-stop ", " La sberla " and " Black Out ". The non-conformist and surreal comedy of the three protagonists was in 1981 transferred to the canvas: Ad Ovest di Paperino was highly praised by critics and a box office success. Nevertheless Nuti, decided to continue his career with solo performances and turned with director Maurizio Ponzi, a Tuscan trilogy in which Nuti a completely different character than hitherto usual embodied what the audience honored. In addition to his acting Nuti also appeared as a singer in appearance and released two LPs, including one with songs from his films.

The following, now incurred in producing their own films showed Nutis ability to create a typical for his generation and display character, which he laid bare psychologically and further developed, which brought another great audience success with it; Over the years, however, this also led some into banality. His attempt this ( with Occhio Pinocchio ) to escape, was seen by critics as spectators as shipwreck and heavily criticized; then the following experiments Nutis, back to our roots were not successful and were regarded as a recycling of his characters.

The failures were Nuti, whose former comic novel, interspersed with personal narrative forms, had worn off, drifting into depression and alcoholism. Making a comeback as an actor, he tried with Concorso di colpa 2005.

After a domestic accident on September 2, 2006, he was by the end of November this year in a coma. Since then, Nuti ravaged and spoke no more capable; a television appearance in January 2011, in which he suffered visibly led to a lively debate about the limits and admissibility of such public representations.

Was released in 2010 a documentary about Nuti, where his brother had worked; with this he published in 2013 on the Internet and a new song, Olga tu mi fai morir.

Filmography

D = Actor, B = Paper, R = Director, P = Production