Mr. Fifteen Balls
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Director Francesco Nuti Music director Giovanni Nuti Duration Language Italian | 5/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Romance Screenplay Malu Di Lonardo Country Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1998 Writer Francesco Nuti (story), Carla Giulia Casalini (story), Mario Rellini (story), Malu Di Lonardo Initial release September 25, 1998 (Italy) Cast Francesco Nuti (Cecco), Sabrina Ferilli (Sissi), Novello Novelli (Pool master), Antonio Petrocelli (Giampiero), Giulia Weber Similar movies Related Francesco Nuti movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mr. Fifteen Balls (Italian: Il signor Quindicipalle) is a 1998 Italian comedy film directed by Francesco Nuti.
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Francesco is a Tuscan very good at playing American pool, so much so that he is nicknamed "Mr. Quindicipalle", from the time he pocketed fifteen ("quindici") balls ("palle") at the same time, using the wooden handle of a broom to cue. Francesco also has to be an expert womanizer, like his father, who died recently. Indeed, Francesco meets the woman of his dreams going to find the father to the cemetery. There, Francesco meets a prostitute who calls herself "Sissi". The two fall in love, and so Francesco thinks she might be a lucky charm for him, because Francesco is training for a big tournament of American billiards. But Sissi is still a prostitute, and so she makes infuriates many times Francesco, compromising his skill and his training for the tournament.