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Francesco Nuti | |
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| Born | (1955-05-17)17 May 1955 Prato, Italy |
| Died | 12 June 2023(2023-06-12) (aged 68) Rome, Italy |
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| Years active | 1982–2005 |
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Francesco Nuti (17 May 1955 – 12 June 2023) was an Italian actor, film director and screenwriter.
Born inPrato, Nuti began his professional career as an actor in the late 1970s, when he formed the cabaret groupGiancattivi together withAlessandro Benvenuti andAthina Cenci. The group took part in the TV showsBlack Out andNon Stop forRAI 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 byMaurizio Ponzi:What a Ghostly Silence There Is Tonight (1982),The Pool Hustlers (1982) andSon contento (1983). Starting in 1985, he began to direct his movies, scoring an immediate success with the filmsCasablanca, Casablanca andAll the Fault of Paradise (1985),Stregati (1987),Caruso Pascoski, Son of a Pole (1988),Willy Signori e vengo da lontano (1989) andWomen in Skirts (1991). In 1988 he also participated at theSanremo Festival with the song "Sarà per te", later recorded byMina. In 1992 he sang withMietta in "Lasciamoci respirare", written by singer-songwriterBiagio Antonacci.
The 1990s were however a period of decline for the Tuscan director, with unsuccessful movies such asOcchioPinocchio (1994),Mr. Fifteen Balls (1998),Io amo Andrea (2000) andCaruso, Zero for Conduct (2001). In the following years Nuti also started to suffer fromdepression andalcoholism.
On 2 September 2006, just before starting to shoot a new film (which was going to be titledOlga e i fratellastri Billi), Nuti was admitted to the hospitalPoliclinico Umberto I in Rome, following a severe fall from the stairs of his home.[1] The accident caused Nuti asubdural hematoma that led to serious cerebral damage, leaving him unable to speak or move.[2] In the following years, a few public appearances on Italian television publicly displayed his disabled condition, triggering both a powerful emotional response from Nuti's fans, and outrage for what was perceived as a ruthless exploitation of the former director's suffering.[3] On 21 September 2016, a second fall led to Nuti being hospitalized in critical condition again.[4] In July 2017, Nuti's daughter, Ginevra, became Nuti's legal guardian after her coming of age.[5] Nuti died on 12 June 2023, at the age of 68.[6]
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